Ethane

CAS Registry Number®

74-84-0

CAS Name

Ethane

Molecular Formula

C2H6

Molecular Mass

30.07

Cite this Page

Ethane.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=74-84-0 (retrieved 2024-11-24) (CAS RN: 74-84-0).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    -88 °C
  • Melting Point (1)

    -172 °C
  • Density (2)

    0.5490 g/cm³

Source(s)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H6/c1-2/h1-2H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=OTMSDBZUPAUEDD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CC

Canonical SMILES

CC

Other Names for this Substance

  • Ethane
  • Bimethyl
  • Dimethyl
  • Ethyl hydride
  • Methylmethane

CAS INSIGHTSTM
Hourglass and a clock