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Propylene carbonate
SpectraBase Compound ID 3p1DeStAf59
InChI InChI=1S/C4H6O3/c1-3-2-6-4(5)7-3/h3H,2H2,1H3
InChIKey RUOJZAUFBMNUDX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 102.09 g/mol
Molecular Formula C4H6O3
Exact Mass 102.031694 g/mol
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Technique Between salts
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Technique Neat
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Source of Spectrum GT-1986-144-0
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Source of Spectrum ACI-61-SM20-Figure S29-f (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113152)
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Source of Spectrum CAJ-18-SM15-Propylene carbonate (DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201204)
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Source of Spectrum HAC-21-102-2c
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Source of Spectrum CCC-6-3498-2b
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Source of Spectrum CCC-7-464-5b
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian HA-100/Digilab FT-NMR-3
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Solvent CDCL3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Acetone-D6
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Unknown
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Catalog Number 310328
  • 4-Methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one
  • 1,2-Propanediol cyclic carbonate
  • 1,2-Propanediol cyclic carbonate, 4-​Methyl-​1,3-​dioxolan-​2-​one
  • 1,3-Dioxolan-2-one, 4-methyl-
  • Carbonic acid, cyclic propylene ester
  • PROPYLENE CARBONATE (99.3%)
  • METHYLDIOXOLANONE
  • ARCONATE 1000
  • 1,2-Propanediol 1,2-carbonate
  • 4-Methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxolane
  • 4-Methyl-1,3-dioxolane-2-one
  • 1,2-Propylene carbonate
  • Texacar PC
  • Solvenon PC
  • 4-Methyldioxalone-2
  • Dipropylene carbonate
  • Cyclic propylene carbonate
  • 4-Methyl-1,3-dioxol-2-one
  • 1-Methylethylene carbonate
  • 1,2-Propanediol carbonate
  • 1,2-Propanediyl carbonate
  • Arconate propylene carbonate
  • Carbonic acid, propylene ester
  • Cyclic methylethylene carbonate
  • Cyclic 1,2-propylene carbonate
  • 2-Oxo-4-methyl-1,3-dioxolane
  • 1,2-Propylene glycol carbonate
  • Propylenester kyseliny uhlicite
  • Propylene glycol cyclic carbonate
  • Carbonic acid cyclic methylethylene ester
  • Carbonic acid, cyclic propylene ether
  • ARCONATE 5000
  • HSDB 6806
  • 1,2-PDC
  • EINECS 203-572-1
  • NSC 11784
  • BRN 0107913
  • AI3-19724
  • (+/-)-Propylene carbonate, anhydrous
Title Journal or Book Year
Interactions between carbonyl-containing compounds and bismuth trihalides. A spectroscopic investigation Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas 1990
Accurate determination of parameters for 17O in natural abundance by Fourier transform NMR Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1969) 1976

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