Ethyl 3-ethyl-3-methyl-2-phenyloxirane-2-carboxylate

  • Identifiers

    Molecular formula
    C14H18O3

    SMILES
    CCC1(C(O1)(C2=CC=CC=C2)C(=O)OCC)C

  • Odor profile

    Fragrance
    Fruity 91.37%
    Berry 56.21%
    Floral 32.96%
    Raspberry 30.15%
    Sweet 28.79%
    Strawberry 28.34%
    Tropical 24.75%
    Grape 23.89%
    Honey 23.3%
    Plum 23.2%

     

    Flavor
    Bitter 59.55%
    Fruity 57.94%
    Floral 34.23%
    Green 33.28%
    Sweet 28.15%
    Fruit 26.94%
    Herbal 26.07%
    Tropical 25.64%
    Musty 24.63%
    Wine 22.15%

     

    Odor impact est.
    Medium

  • Properties

    XLogP3-AA
    2.8

    pKa est.
    6.72 (neutral)

    Molecular weight
    234.29 g/mol

    Vapor pressure est.

    • hPa @ 20°C
    • hPa @ 25°C

    Evaporation rate
    Slow

    Boiling point est.
    274°C

    Flash point

    • 118.52 ˚C est.

  • Applications

    Ethyl 3-ethyl-3-methyl-2-phenyloxirane-2-carboxylate is typically regarded as a chiral epoxide building block and synthetic intermediate used in asymmetric synthesis for pharmaceutical and agrochemical development; it can serve as a starting material for stereoselective ring-opening to furnish beta-hydroxy esters and related chiral motifs; it is used as a functional epoxy-ester moiety in specialty polymers, coatings, and epoxy resin formulations; it supports process development and catalysis research as a substrate for developing and evaluating new asymmetric transformations.

    gpt-5-nano

  • Solubility @25˚C

    Solvent Solubility (g/L)
    ethanol 835.72
    methanol 849.73
    isopropanol 633.73
    water 1.09
    ethyl acetate 488.31
    n-propanol 790.07
    acetone 808.62
    n-butanol 647.42
    acetonitrile 567.49
    DMF 1180.88
    toluene 475.93
    isobutanol 530.18
    1,4-dioxane 1043.06
    methyl acetate 598.0
    THF 1153.68
    2-butanone 803.01
    n-pentanol 473.31
    sec-butanol 688.6
    n-hexane 32.23
    ethylene glycol 182.66
    NMP 727.93
    cyclohexane 119.14
    DMSO 530.42
    n-butyl acetate 314.44
    n-octanol 184.52
    chloroform 2341.17
    n-propyl acetate 348.61
    acetic acid 527.32
    dichloromethane 2103.13
    cyclohexanone 1066.96
    propylene glycol 238.89
    isopropyl acetate 285.85
    DMAc 755.78
    2-ethoxyethanol 554.17
    isopentanol 451.04
    n-heptane 22.7
    ethyl formate 483.7
    1,2-dichloroethane 1211.98
    n-hexanol 384.17
    2-methoxyethanol 849.87
    isobutyl acetate 234.32
    tetrachloromethane 249.05
    n-pentyl acetate 255.81
    transcutol 433.47
    n-heptanol 204.03
    ethylbenzene 232.56
    MIBK 312.34
    2-propoxyethanol 517.28
    tert-butanol 459.7
    MTBE 374.96
    2-butoxyethanol 311.9
    propionic acid 447.7
    o-xylene 213.5
    formic acid 195.95
    diethyl ether 455.96
    m-xylene 211.29
    p-xylene 315.76
    chlorobenzene 699.9
    dimethyl carbonate 227.3
    n-octane 17.85
    formamide 378.29
    cyclopentanone 1019.8
    2-pentanone 507.98
    anisole 399.71
    cyclopentyl methyl ether 415.66
    gamma-butyrolactone 981.38
    1-methoxy-2-propanol 531.16
    pyridine 1377.46
    3-pentanone 420.3
    furfural 855.66
    n-dodecane 20.22
    diethylene glycol 397.75
    diisopropyl ether 114.19
    tert-amyl alcohol 452.13
    acetylacetone 440.65
    n-hexadecane 23.63
    acetophenone 387.86
    methyl propionate 441.24
    isopentyl acetate 289.53
    trichloroethylene 2119.16
    n-nonanol 163.69
    cyclohexanol 603.47
    benzyl alcohol 440.1
    2-ethylhexanol 197.53
    isooctanol 163.13
    dipropyl ether 137.03
    1,2-dichlorobenzene 525.14
    ethyl lactate 184.36
    propylene carbonate 535.72
    n-methylformamide 602.34
    2-pentanol 372.22
    n-pentane 41.89
    1-propoxy-2-propanol 288.89
    1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate 267.22
    2-(2-methoxypropoxy) propanol 196.21
    mesitylene 116.41
    ε-caprolactone 722.89
    p-cymene 103.11
    epichlorohydrin 1280.25
    1,1,1-trichloroethane 807.6
    2-aminoethanol 368.67
    morpholine-4-carbaldehyde 691.62
    sulfolane 769.91
    2,2,4-trimethylpentane 27.61
    2-methyltetrahydrofuran 791.81
    n-hexyl acetate 325.56
    isooctane 20.29
    2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol 270.52
    sec-butyl acetate 229.41
    tert-butyl acetate 246.26
    decalin 50.41
    glycerin 250.13
    diglyme 480.94
    acrylic acid 401.62
    isopropyl myristate 119.41
    n-butyric acid 579.25
    acetyl acetate 279.38
    di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 130.44
    ethyl propionate 290.29
    nitromethane 756.89
    1,2-diethoxyethane 249.49
    benzonitrile 564.66
    trioctyl phosphate 92.96
    1-bromopropane 639.32
    gamma-valerolactone 1052.41
    n-decanol 118.95
    triethyl phosphate 114.39
    4-methyl-2-pentanol 183.4
    propionitrile 575.21
    vinylene carbonate 582.17
    1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane 656.39
    DMS 272.89
    cumene 135.31
    2-octanol 155.55
    2-hexanone 373.85
    octyl acetate 164.46
    limonene 134.38
    1,2-dimethoxyethane 740.08
    ethyl orthosilicate 108.53
    tributyl phosphate 100.54
    diacetone alcohol 319.43
    N,N-dimethylaniline 223.18
    acrylonitrile 656.68
    aniline 496.31
    1,3-propanediol 513.6
    bromobenzene 794.11
    dibromomethane 1354.5
    1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane 1433.41
    2-methyl-cyclohexyl acetate 206.12
    tetrabutyl urea 139.41
    diisobutyl methanol 97.88
    2-phenylethanol 360.76
    styrene 315.66
    dioctyl adipate 160.36
    dimethyl sulfate 276.65
    ethyl butyrate 220.8
    methyl lactate 212.82
    butyl lactate 179.76
    diethyl carbonate 167.99
    propanediol butyl ether 240.8
    triethyl orthoformate 151.8
    p-tert-butyltoluene 90.73
    methyl 4-tert-butylbenzoate 228.07
    morpholine 1128.5
    tert-butylamine 277.61
    n-dodecanol 91.17
    dimethoxymethane 588.06
    ethylene carbonate 506.95
    cyrene 291.4
    2-ethoxyethyl acetate 298.97
    2-ethylhexyl acetate 236.3
    1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 592.99
    4-methylpyridine 946.35
    dibutyl ether 153.88
    2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanol 97.88
    DEF 496.81
    dimethyl isosorbide 314.95
    tetrachloroethylene 957.31
    eugenol 243.58
    triacetin 226.55
    span 80 181.86
    1,4-butanediol 272.95
    1,1-dichloroethane 1076.38
    2-methyl-1-pentanol 384.12
    methyl formate 469.44
    2-methyl-1-butanol 477.16
    n-decane 30.22
    butyronitrile 630.76
    3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol 154.57
    1-chlorooctane 136.1
    1-chlorotetradecane 60.72
    n-nonane 27.02
    undecane 24.21
    tert-butylcyclohexane 38.63
    cyclooctane 29.49
    cyclopentanol 621.24
    tetrahydropyran 1043.06
    tert-amyl methyl ether 271.37
    2,5,8-trioxanonane 314.22
    1-hexene 165.58
    2-isopropoxyethanol 363.48
    2,2,2-trifluoroethanol 192.2
    methyl butyrate 417.07

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