The Ethyl 2-furoate, with the CAS registry number 614-99-3, is also known as Ethyl 2-furoate. It belongs to the product categories of Pharmaceutical Intermediates; Aromatic Esters; Furan & Benzofuran; Ester Flavor. Its EINECS registry number is 210-404-0. This chemical's molecular formula is C₇H₈O₃ and molecular weight is 140.14. What's more, its IUPAC name is called Ethyl furan-2-carboxylate. It should keep away from light and heat.

Physical properties about Ethyl 2-furoate are: (1)ACD/LogP: 1.612; (2)# of Rule of 5 Violations: 0; (3)ACD/LogD (pH 5.5): 1.61; (4)ACD/LogD (pH 7.4): 1.61; (5)ACD/BCF (pH 5.5): 9.89; (6)ACD/BCF (pH 7.4): 9.89; (7)ACD/KOC (pH 5.5): 179.40; (8)ACD/KOC (pH 7.4): 179.40; (9)#H bond acceptors: 3; (10)#H bond donors: 0; (11)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 3; (12)Polar Surface Area: 39.44 Å²; (13)Index of Refraction: 1.464; (14)Molar Refractivity: 34.959 cm³; (15)Molar Volume: 126.628 cm³; (16)Polarizability: 13.859×10^-24 cm³; (17)Surface Tension: 34.051 dyne/cm; (18)Density: 1.107 g/cm³; (19)Flash Point: 70.566 °C; (20)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 43.3 kJ/mol; (21)Boiling Point: 196.799 °C at 760 mmHg; (22)Vapour Pressure: 0.39 mmHg at 25 °C.

Preparation of Ethyl 2-furoate: this chemical can be prepared by furan-2-carboxylic acid with ethanol. This reaction needs reagent chlorotrimethylsilane at temperature of 65 °C. The reaction time is 1 hour. The yield is 85 %.

Uses of Ethyl 2-furoate: (1) it is used as solvents and synthetic organic intermediates; (2) it is used to produce other chemicals. For example, it can react with acetonitrile to get 3-furan-2-yl-3-oxo-propionitrile. This reaction needs reagents ultrasonically dispersed potassium and naphthalene at temperature of 5-10 °C. The reaction time is 1 hour. The yield is 87 %.

When you are dealing with this chemical, you should be very careful. This chemical may catch fire in contact with air, only need brief contact with an ignition source and have a very low flash point or evolve highly flammable gases in contact with water. Therefore, you should keep away from sources of ignition.

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure:
(1) SMILES: O=C(OCC)c1occc1
(2) InChI: InChI=1S/C7H8O3/c1-2-9-7(8)6-4-3-5-10-6/h3-5H,2H2,1H3
(3) InChIKey: NHXSTXWKZVAVOQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

The toxicity data is as follows: