Does BMA mean n-butyl methacrylate or isobutyl methacrylate?

In most commercial usage the bare abbreviation means the normal isomer, n-butyl methacrylate, CAS 97-88-1. The branched isomer, isobutyl methacrylate, is a different substance with its own identifiers and a different contribution to copolymer hardness, and the tertiary isomer is different again. Because all three are abbreviated loosely in day-to-day correspondence, an order written as BMA alone is ambiguous. Write the full chemical name and the CAS number on every enquiry, purchase order and goods-inwards record.

Why must the monomer not be blanketed with pure nitrogen?

Because the stabiliser used in commercial methacrylate monomers requires dissolved oxygen to function. It intercepts radicals by a mechanism that consumes oxygen, so a drum stripped of oxygen contains an inhibitor that is chemically present and functionally absent. The correct headspace is air, or air diluted with nitrogen to a specified oxygen content, never an inert blanket. This is one of the very few cases in a chemical store where displacing oxygen makes a material more dangerous rather than less, and it catches people whose instinct is trained on flammable solvents.

How should inhibitor content be read on a certificate?

As a starting condition rather than a permanent property. The certificate reports the inhibitor level at release; that level falls in storage as the stabiliser does its job, and it falls faster in warm conditions, in light and in the presence of contamination. A long-stored drum can meet its original certificate on every other line while having very little inhibitor left. Where storage has been long or uncertain, retest the inhibitor level before charging a reactor rather than relying on the release figure.

What is popcorn polymerisation and why does it matter here?

It is a self-propagating, expanding polymer growth that forms in dead legs, vapour spaces, valve bonnets and residues where inhibitor cannot reach. Once seeded it continues under conditions that would not start a normal polymerisation, and it grows mechanically enough to jam valves and distort equipment. The controls are housekeeping controls: no unswept dead legs, no long-standing residues, no lines left full between campaigns, and clean vessels before refilling. It is not a reason to avoid methacrylate monomers, but it is a reason to design the pipework as if the monomer were reactive, because it is.

How does the butyl ester change a copolymer compared with the methyl one?

The four-carbon ester side chain is flexible and bulky, so it loosens chain packing and lowers the temperature at which the polymer softens. Against the methyl ester it gives a softer, more flexible and more extensible polymer, better adhesion and easier film formation, at the cost of hardness and block resistance. Against the corresponding acrylate it gives a harder polymer with the weathering advantage of the methacrylate backbone. Formulators use it as the soft component of an all-methacrylate system, which keeps the durability while tuning flexibility.

What is Ethylene Carbonate?

Ethylene Carbonate is a chemical compound registered under CAS number 96-49-1. Molecular formula: C3H4O3. Molar mass: 88.06 g/mol. IUPAC: 1,3-dioxolan-2-one.

What is the CAS number of Ethylene Carbonate?

The CAS number of Ethylene Carbonate is 96-49-1 — a unique Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) identifier.

What is the molecular formula of Ethylene Carbonate?

Molecular formula: C3H4O3. Molar mass: 88.06 g/mol. logP (XLogP3): 0.3. PSA: 35.5 Å².

Where can I buy Ethylene Carbonate?

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Where does the chemical data for Ethylene Carbonate come from?

Chemical data for Ethylene Carbonate comes from authoritative sources: PubChem (NIH), ChEMBL (EBI). PubChem CID: 7303. Compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008), available under the CC-BY 4.0 licence.

Ethylene Carbonate

CAS 96-49-1 · C₃H₄O₃ · MW 88.06 g/mol

About Ethylene Carbonate

Ethylene Carbonate is a chemical compound registered under number CAS 96-49-1, with the molecular formula C₃H₄O₃, and a molar mass of 88.06 g/mol.

The molecule contains 10 atoms connected by 10 chemical bonds. The full systematic IUPAC name of this compound is 1,3-dioxolan-2-one. The interactive 3D model above lets you view the spatial arrangement of the atoms — you can rotate it with the mouse, zoom with the scroll wheel, and switch between skeletal / Ball & Stick / Space Fill visualization modes.

In terms of physicochemical properties, the partition coefficient logP = 0.3 (positive value, a lipophilic compound), polar surface area PSA = 35.5 Å², 0 donors and 3 hydrogen bond acceptors. These parameters are key when assessing bioavailability and interaction with biomolecules.

Chemical data for this compound comes from PubChem (NIH NLM NCBI), one of the world's largest chemical databases. All information is updated automatically and enriched with GHS hazard statement translations compliant with the CLP Regulation (EC 1272/2008). The widget above may be used for educational, research and commercial purposes.

Physicochemical properties

Wzór sumaryczny	C₃H₄O₃
Masa molowa	88.06 g/mol
IUPAC	1,3-dioxolan-2-one
SMILES	`C1COC(=O)O1`
InChIKey	`KMTRUDSVKNLOMY-UHFFFAOYSA-N`
logP (XLogP3)	0.3
PSA	35.5 Å²
HBD / HBA	0 / 3
PubChem CID	CID 7303 ↗

GHS safety

Sygnał: Uwaga

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Scientific literature

Literatura naukowa

18 artykułów · 9 open access · Źródła: PubMed, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar

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FTIR, FT-Raman, ab initio and density functional studies on 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one and 4,5-dichloro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one.

et al. (2010)

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Aqua-tri-fluorido-boron-1,3-dioxolan-2-one (1/2).

Radan K, Forero-Saboya J, Ponrouch A et al. (2023) · IUCrData

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Synthesis of primary amines by the electrophilic amination of Grignard reagents with 1,3-dioxolan-2-one O-sulfonyloxime.

et al. (2004)

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Synthesis of Benzoisochromene Derivatives via C-H Activation-Initiated Cascade Formal [4+2] and [2+4] Annulation of Aryl Enaminone with Vinyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one.

et al. (2025)

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Aqua-tri-fluorido-boron-1,3-dioxolan-2-one (1/2).

et al. (2023)

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4-{[(1-Phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)oxy]methyl}-1,3-dioxolan-2-one

Algirdas Šačkus, Gytė Vilkauskaitė, Wolfgang Holzer (2012) · Molbank

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Crystal structure of (-)-(S)-4-[(2S,3S,4S,Z)-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-hept-5-en-2-yl]-1,3-dioxolan-2-one.

(2017)

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SYNTHESIS OF 4-BENZYLOXYMETHYL-1,3-DIOXOLAN-2-ONE AND ITS POLYMERS

Wei HE, Huaizhong PAN, Xianli CHEN et al. (2006) · Acta Polymerica Sinica

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2-Methoxy-4-[5-(2-oxo-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-yl]phenyl 4-n-decyloxybenzoate

Itamar Luís Gonçalves, Aloir Antonio Merlo, Bruna Thatise Batistel et al. (2026) · Molbank

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Crystal structure of (−)-(S)-4-[(2S,3S,4S,Z)-3-hydroxy-4-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-1,3-dioxolan-2-one

Keyla F. Morales-Rivera, Dalice M. Piñero Cruz, Jose A. Prieto (2017) · Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communications

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Kinetics of substitution reactions of transition metal complexes in 1,3-dioxolan-2-one + water and 4-methyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one + water solvent mixtures

Michael J. Blandamer, John Burgess, Stephen J. Hamshere et al. (1979) · Transition Metal Chemistry

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Viscosity of 1,3-dioxolan-2-one

Ch. Wohlfarth (2008) · Landolt-Börnstein - Group IV Physical Chemistry

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Synthesis of Benzoisochromene Derivatives via CH Activation-Initiated Cascade Formal [4+2] and [2+4] Annulation of Aryl Enaminone with Vinyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one

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Explicit and Hybrid Solvent Models for Estimates of Parameters Relevant to the Reduction Potential of Ethylene Carbonate.

Eilmes A, Kubisiak P, Wróbel P (2022) · International journal of molecular sciences

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On the use of ethylene carbonate as a green solvent in mobile phases.

Berthod A, Armstrong DW (2025) · Journal of chromatography. A

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Determination of synthesis route of 1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-propanone (MDP-2-P) based on impurity profiles of MDMA.

Swist M, Wilamowski J, Zuba D et al. (2005) · Forensic science international

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Aggregation induced spectral splitting and Fermi resonance of Ethylene Carbonate in binary mixture.

Wang Z, Yu K, Zhao Y et al. (2022) · Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy

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Synthesis of Degradable Homopolymer, Gradient and Block Copolymers, and Self-Assembly via RAFT Polymerization of 4,4-Dimethyl-2-methylene-1,3-dioxolan-5-one

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Synonyms

Ethylene carbonate · 1,3-DIOXOLAN-2-ONE · 96-49-1 · Glycol carbonate · Ethylene glycol carbonate · Dioxolone-2 · Cyclic ethylene carbonate · Ethylene carbonic acid · Carbonic acid, cyclic ethylene ester · Ethylene glycol, cyclic carbonate · Ethylenester kyseliny uhlicite · RGJ96TB7R7 · JEFFSOL EC · NSC-11801 · DTXCID806600

Data sources

📊 PubChem CID 7303 — NIH
🔬 NIST WebBook — spektroskopia
💊 ChEMBL — bioaktywność

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