110-74-7 Propyl formate

Propyl formate is fairly readily oxidized, and there are apparently both high temperature and low temperature mechanisms [92, 93]. 

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The full ab-initio molecular dynamics simulation revealed the insertion of ethylene into the Zr-C bond, leading to propyl formation. The dynamics simulations showed that this first step in ethylene polymerisation is extremely fast. Figure 2 shows the distance between the carbon atoms in ethylene and between an ethylene carbon and the methyl carbon, from which it follows that the insertion time is only about 170 fs. This observation suggests the absence of any significant barrier of activation at this stage of the polymerisation process, and for this catalyst. The absence or very small value of a barrier for insertion of ethylene into a bis-cyclopentadienyl titanocene or zirconocene has also been confirmed by static quantum simulations reported independently... 

Methyl formate. Ethyl formate Methyl acetate Iso-propyl formate Ethyl acetate Methyl propionate "-Propyl formate Iso-propyl acetate Methyl iso-butyrate Iso-butyl formate. Ethyl propionate M-Propyl acetate. Methyl butyrate. ... 

Ethylene oxide 1,2- Epoxyethane 169 C,H40 n-Propyl formate 150 C4HSO,... 

Propyl formate [110-74-7] M 88.1, b 81.3°, d 0.9058, n 1.3779. Distd, then washed with satd aq NaCl, and with satd aq NaHC03 in the presence of solid NaCl, dried with MgS04 and fractionally distd. 

Formate Esters Methyl formate Ethyl formate Propyl formate Isopropyl formate Butyl formate Isobutyl formate... 

In the presence of potassium tert-butylate and as with most organic compounds, esters combust spontaneousiy after a period of induction that is generally very short. Such accidents have been reported with propyl formate, ethyl acetate and dimethyl carbonate. 

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