1,3-Dioxolane-4-methanol

CAS Registry Number®

5464-28-8

CAS Name

1,3-Dioxolane-4-methanol

Molecular Formula

C4H8O3

Molecular Mass

104.10

Cite this Page

1,3-Dioxolane-4-methanol.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=5464-28-8 (retrieved 2025-05-31) (CAS RN: 5464-28-8).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    93 °C @ Press: 20 Torr

  • Melting Point (2)

    190-195 °C

  • Density (3)

    1.2113 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C

Source(s)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c5-1-4-2-6-3-7-4/h4-5H,1-3H2

InChIKey

InChIKey=BOHGAOWOIJMTPZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(O)C1COCO1

Canonical SMILES

OCC1OCOC1

Other Names for this Substance

  • 1,3-Dioxolane-4-methanol
  • Glycerol α-formal
  • 4-(Hydroxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolane
  • 1,2-(Methylidene)glycerol
  • Glycerol formal

View All

Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

96480-04-5

CAS INSIGHTSTM
A graphic depiction of “six trends” hexagon-shaped images