(3E)-4-Methoxybut-3-en-2-one
[CAS# 51731-17-0]

Identification

• Name: (3E)-4-Methoxybut-3-en-2-one
• Synonyms: (E)-4-Methoxy-3-buten-2-one; (E)-4-Methoxybut-3-en-2-one; trans-4-Methoxy-3-buten-2-one
• Molecular Formula: C₅H₈O₂
• Molecular Weight: 100.12
• CAS Registry Number: 51731-17-0
• EC Number: 257-364-0

Properties

• Solubility: Soluble (80 g/L) (25 ºC), Calc.^*
• Density: 0.925±0.06 g/cm³ (20 ºC 760 Torr), Calc.^*
• Melting point: 0 ºC^**
• Boiling point: 75 ºC (15 Torr)^**
• Refractive index: 1.4699 (589.3 nm 20 ºC)^***
• Flash point: 63.3±0.0 ºC, Calc.^*

^* Calculated using Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) Software V11.02 (©1994-2014 ACD/Labs)

^** Elguero, Jose; Bulletin de la Societe Chimique de France 1966, (1), P293-302.

^*** Shramova, Z. I.; Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii 1965, V1(10), P1743-7.