Home › Entities › formate ester › ethyl formate

ethyl formate

ester of ethanol and formic acid
Class type of: formate ester, ethyl ester Q422777

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
formate ester, ethyl ester[4][5]
Has use
fungicide[6]
Associated hazard
ethyl formate exposure
Autoignition temperature
+455
Boiling point
54.1 (54–130, n=3)
Canonical SMILES
CCOC=O[2]
Chemical formula
C₂H₅OOCH[3]
Density
0.92 (0.92–0.92, n=3)[21][22][23]
Dynamic viscosity
0.3 (0.3–0.51, n=3)
Electric dipole moment
1.98 (1.81–1.98, n=3)
Flash point
-4, -20
Found in taxon
Zingiber mioga, Coffea arabica, Aster scaber, Erigeron canadensis, Plumeria rubra, Polygala senega, Parkia speciosa, Matsutake[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Has characteristic
bitterness, Class IB flammable liquid[18][19]
Has effect
ethyl formate exposure[17]
Immediately dangerous to life or health
+4545
Ionization energy
+10.61
Lower flammable limit
+2.8
Mass
+74.036779432[24]
Melting point
-81 (-113–-79.6, n=3)
NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
0278[20]
Phase point
critical point[15]
Refractive index
+1.3609[16]
Solubility
+9, +134
Show all 28 facts +4
Surface tension
+25.16, +23.18
Time-weighted average exposure limit
+300
Upper flammable limit
+16, +16.0
Vapor pressure
100 (32.3–200, n=3)
🏷️ Also known as
en ethyl methanoate en ethyl formate en ethyl ester of formic acid ar فورمات الإيثيل cs etylester kyseliny metanové cs etylester kyseliny mravenčí cs etylformiát cs etylmetanoát cs mravenčan etylnatý cs ethylester kyseliny methanové cs ethyl-formiát cs ethylester kyseliny mravenčí cs ethylformiát cs ethyl-methanoát cs ethylmethanoát de Ameisensäureethylester de Ethylformiat de Ethylmethanoat de EtO2CH de Methenyl
🔖 Identifiers · 39
OpenAlex ID
C2781187707
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ethyl formate.jpg ↗
CAMEO Chemicals ID
697
CAS Registry Number
109-94-4
ChEBI ID
52342
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL44215
ChemSpider ID
7734
CosIng number
39862
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID4020117
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID6040117
EC number
203-721-0
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.003.384
Show all 39 identifiers +27
FL number
09.072
Freebase ID
/m/06hr2_
HCIS ID
1946
HSDB ID
943
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0031229
ICSC ID
0623
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H6O2/c1-2-5-3-4/h3H,2H2,1H3
InChIKey
WBJINCZRORDGAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
J-GLOBAL ID
200907096437244216
JECFA database ID
4028
JECFA number
26
KNApSAcK ID
C00050447
MassBank accession ID
MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP008871, MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP006458, MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP008267
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781187707
NMRShiftDB structure ID
10009156
NSC number
8828, 406578
Nikkaji ID
J1.971B
OSHA Occupational Chemical Database ID
106
PesticideInfo chemical ID
PRI3101
PubChem CID
8025
RTECS number
LQ8400000
Reaxys registry number
906769
SPLASH
splash10-0059-9000000000-eb53d7dda3275b010878, splash10-0059-9000000000-639550e9e1c74fbbccb1
SureChEMBL ID
10458282, 453
UNII
0K3E2L5553
UniChem compound ID
393955
ZVG number
20040

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Found in taxon 8
Coffea arabica, Erigeron canadensis, Matsutake, Plumeria rubra, Parkia speciosa, Zingiber mioga, Polygala senega, Aster scaber
Has characteristic 1
bitterness
Has use 1
fungicide
Phase point 1
critical point
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

ethyl formate is a type of chemical entity[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Volatile Flavor Compounds of Myoga (Zingiber Mioga).. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . New volatile components of roasted coffee. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Volatile compounds isolated from edible Korean chamchwi (Aster scaber Thunb). wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Essential oil of Conyza canadensis. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Volatile components of plumeria flowers. Part 2.1 Plumeria rubra L. cv. ‘Irma Bryan’. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Volatile compounds ofPolygala senega L. var.latifolia Torrey et Gray roots. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Headspace constituents of Parkia speciosa seeds. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Volatile flavor compounds of Matsutake-Tricholomam atsutake (Ito et Imai) Sing.. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . BitterDB. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . cdc.gov. cdc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Polish Pharmacopoeia, Xth. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (95th edition). wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ethyl formate. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ethyl-formate
MLA “ethyl formate.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ethyl-formate.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ethyl-formate_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ethyl formate}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ethyl-formate}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): ethyl formate — https://4ort.xyz/entity/ethyl-formate (retrieved 2026-11-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ethyl-formate · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Htmlzycq · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Ethyl formate.jpg
    "Created claim: Image: Ethyl formate.jpg"
  2. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 20040
    "Changed claim: ZVG number: 20040, см. / see autofix на / on P679"
  3. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → 10.61 electronvolt
    Lower flammable limit → 2.8 volume percent
    Found in taxon → Zingiber mioga, Coffea arabica, Aster scaber +1
    Mass → 74.036779 dalton
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: ZVG number: 020040, batch #275042"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.