METHYL 3-BUTENOATE Property

Melting point:

-78.42°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

112 °C (lit.)

Density 

0.939 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.409(lit.)

Flash point:

60 °F

BRN 

1741732

InChIKey

GITITJADGZYSRL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

LogP

0.839 (est)

NIST Chemistry Reference

Methyl 3-butenoate(3724-55-8)

EPA Substance Registry System

3-Butenoic acid, methyl ester (3724-55-8)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

F

Risk Statements 

11

Safety Statements 

16

RIDADR 

UN 3272 3/PG 2

WGK Germany 

3

HazardClass 

3.1

PackingGroup 

II

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H225Highly Flammable liquid and vapour

Precautionary statements

P210Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames/hot surfaces. — No smoking.

METHYL 3-BUTENOATE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Uses

Methyl 3-butenoate may be employed for the synthesis of dipeptide olefin isosteres using intermolecular olefin cross-metathesis.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 99, p. 5184, 1977 DOI: 10.1021/ja00457a052
Tetrahedron Letters, 14, p. 2433, 1973 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)96239-2

General Description

Methyl 3-butenoate is an olefin ester. It is reported to undergo Iron carbonyl-promoted isomerization to afford α, β-unsaturated esters. It is one of the reaction products formed during flash vacuum thermolysis of (?)-cocaine. The H₂ and CH₄ chemical ionization mass spectra of methyl 3-butenoate has been reported.