9717. Trimethyl Orthovalerate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 13820-09-2
1,1,1-Trimethoxypentane; methyl orthovalerate.
C8H18O3; mol wt 162.23.
C 59.23%, H 11.18%, O 29.59%.

Description and references

Prepn: S. M. McElvain et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 68, 1922 (1946); J. W. Scheeren et al., Synthesis 1978, 283.

Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid. d427 0.9413. bp760 164-166°; bp14 60°. nD24 1.4090. nD20 1.4105.