2-methoxyethanol (CHEBI:46790)

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ChEBI Name	2-methoxyethanol

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:46790

Definition	A hydroxyether that is ethanol substituted by a methoxy group at position 2.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:19677, CHEBI:44217

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Formula

C3H8O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

76.09442

Monoisotopic Mass

76.05243

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H8O2/c1-5-3-2-4/h4H,2-3H2,1H3

InChIKey

XNWFRZJHXBZDAG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

COCCO

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	protic solvent A polar solvent that is capable of acting as a hydron (proton) donor. (via glycol ether ) solvent A liquid that can dissolve other substances (solutes) without any change in their chemical composition.

Application(s):	protic solvent A polar solvent that is capable of acting as a hydron (proton) donor. (via glycol ether ) solvent A liquid that can dissolve other substances (solutes) without any change in their chemical composition.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	2-methoxyethanol (CHEBI:46790) has role protic solvent (CHEBI:48356) 2-methoxyethanol (CHEBI:46790) has role solvent (CHEBI:46787) 2-methoxyethanol (CHEBI:46790) is a glycol ether (CHEBI:172390)

Incoming	2-methoxyethyl ester (CHEBI:136838) has functional parent 2-methoxyethanol (CHEBI:46790)

IUPAC Name

2-methoxyethanol

Synonyms	Sources
1-hydroxy-2-methoxyethane	ChemIDplus
2-hydroxyethyl methyl ether	NIST Chemistry WebBook
2-methoxy-1-ethanol	ChemIDplus
2-METHOXYETHANOL	PDBeChem
3-oxa-1-butanol	ChemIDplus
β-methoxyethanol	NIST Chemistry WebBook
HOCH₂CH₂OCH₃	NIST Chemistry WebBook
Methyl cellosolve	ChemIDplus
methyl oxitol	ChemIDplus
monomethyl ethylene glycol ether	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

06 May 2021