Introduction
Name: ethyl acetate*; ethyl ethanoate; acetic ester
* IUPAC
CAS Number: 141-78-6
Molar Mass: 88.10512 g
State of Matter: colorless liquid
Mass Percent: C 54.528 %; H 9.1521 %; O 36.318 %
Isomers: aldol • butanoic acid* • 1,4-dioxane • 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane • 1,3-dioxane • acetyl methyl carbinol
Classification
• organic
Uses/Function
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Bonding
For More Information
Sources
(1) - Brownlee, Raymond B., Fuller, Robert W., and Whitsit, Jesse E. Elements of Chemistry; Allyn and Bacon: Boston, Massachusetts, 1959; p 322.