Diethyl oxalacetate

CAS Registry Number®

108-56-5

CAS Name

Diethyl oxalacetate

Molecular Formula

C8H12O5

Molecular Mass

188.18

Cite this Page

Diethyl oxalacetate.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?ref=108-56-5 (retrieved 2025-07-18) (CAS RN: 108-56-5).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    60-62 °C @ Press: 0.05 Torr

  • Melting Point (2)

    <25 °C

  • Density (3)

    1.1324 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C

Source(s)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H12O5/c1-3-12-7(10)5-6(9)8(11)13-4-2/h3-5H2,1-2H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=JDXYSCUOABNLIR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(C(C(OCC)=O)=O)C(OCC)=O

Canonical SMILES

O=C(OCC)C(=O)CC(=O)OCC

Other Names for this Substance

  • Butanedioic acid, 2-oxo-, 1,4-diethyl ester
  • Oxalacetic acid, diethyl ester
  • Butanedioic acid, oxo-, diethyl ester
  • Diethyl oxalacetate
  • Oxalacetic ester

View All