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Methyl p-toluenesulfonate

C8H10O3S, 186.232 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — aromatic compound5 measured properties

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₈H₁₀O₃S
Molecular weight
186.232 g/mol
Exact mass
186.035065 g/mol
IUPAC name
methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate
SMILES
COS(=O)(=O)c1ccc(C)cc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H10O3S/c1-7-3-5-8(6-4-7)12(9,10)11-2/h3-6H,1-2H3
InChIKey
VUQUOGPMUUJORT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Boiling Point
292 °C @ 760 MM HGmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point
28-29 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density
1.230 @ 25 DEG/25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
1.230-1.238 @25 °Cmeasured · PAC Chemical Database, U.S. Department of Energy
Solubility
INSOL IN WATER; SLIGHTLY SOL IN PETROLEUM ETHER; SOL IN ETHER; VERY SOL IN ALCOHOL, BENZENE, CHLOROFORMmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Flash Point
306 °F (152 °C) (open cup)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

Molecular weight
186.23 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
186.03506535 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
2.2calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
51.8 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
219calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
3calculated · reference compound database
logP
1.3301calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
43.37 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
0calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
3calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
2calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
45.3738 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0.25calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.6543calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
12
Total atoms, hydrogen included
22
Rings
1
Aromatic rings
1
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Aromatic ring

    A flat six-membered ring with delocalised electrons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Methyl p-toluenesulfonate yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate.

The sources also call it Methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate, Methyl tosylate, Methyl toluene-4-sulfonate, Methyl-p-toluenesulfonate, Methyl p-tosylate, Methyl toluenesulfonate, Methyl toluene-4-sulphonate, Benzenesulfonic acid, 4-methyl-, methyl ester, p-Toluenesulfonic acid, methyl ester, Methyl toluene sulfonate, p-Methylbenzenesulfonate methyl ester.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.