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sodium methanolate

CH3NaO, 54.024 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic compound3 measured properties1 documented reactions

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Identifiers

Molecular formula
CH₃NaO
Molecular weight
54.024 g/mol
Exact mass
54.008159 g/mol
IUPAC name
sodium methanolate
SMILES
C[O-].[Na+]
InChI
InChI=1S/CH3O.Na/c1-2;/h1H3;/q-1;+1
InChIKey
WQDUMFSSJAZKTM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Both are open without an account.

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.

Melting Point
Melting point (decomposes) = 127 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Melting point: decomp. Soluble in cold water. Soluble in methanol. /Solvated form/measured · Weast, R.C. (ed.) Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 69th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1988-1989., p. B-131
No melting point; decomposes at >50 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility
Soluble in ethanol, methanolmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 1544
Soluble in fats, estersmeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 10th ed. Volumes 1-3 New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1999., p. V3: 3261
Insoluble in hydrocarbons and most common organic solventsmeasured · Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. Volumes 1: New York, NY. John Wiley and Sons, 1991-Present., p. V2: 45 (1992)
Solubility in water: reactionmeasured · reference compound database
Density
greater than 1 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · U.S. Coast Guard. 1999. Chemical Hazard Response Information System (CHRIS) - Hazardous Chemical Data. Commandant Instruction 16465.12C. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Dec by water. Apparent density of solvent-free material is approximately 4.6 lb/galmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 1544
Density: 0.45 g/mL at 20 °C, apparent density (packing weight) 0.60 g/mLmeasured · Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. Volumes 1: New York, NY. John Wiley and Sons, 1991-Present., p. V2: 45 (1992)
1.3 g/cm³measured · reference compound database

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
54.024 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
54.008159 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
Polar surface area
23.1 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
2calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
-4.0195calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
23.06 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
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
0calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
5.924 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
1calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.2583calculated · 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
3
Total atoms, hydrogen included
6
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

The molecule in three dimensions

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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.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is sodium methanolate.

The sources also call it SODIUM METHOXIDE, Sodium methylate, Methoxysodium, Methanol, sodium salt, Feldalat NM, Metilato sodico, Methylate de sodium, SODIUM METHYLATE, DRY, sodium;methanolate, Sodium methoxide, 25% in methanol, sodiummethanolate, Metilato sodico [Spanish].

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to sodium methanolate has a page here yet.

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.