Vinyl alcohol

Vinyl alcohol
Structural formula of ethenol
Structural formula of ethenol
Ball-and-stick model of ethenol
Ball-and-stick model of ethenol
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Ethenol
Other names
Hydroxyethene
Hydroxyethylene
Ethylenol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H2 checkY
    Key: IMROMDMJAWUWLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H2
  • InChI=1S/C2H4O/c1-2-3/h2-3H,1H2
    Key: IMROMDMJAWUWLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • OC=C
Properties
C2H4O
Molar mass 44.053 g/mol
Related compounds
Related compounds
Allyl alcohol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Vinyl alcohol, also called ethenol (IUPAC name; not ethanol) or ethylenol, is the simplest enol. With the formula CH2CHOH, it is a labile compound that converts to acetaldehyde immediately upon isolation near room temperature.[1] It is not a practical precursor to any compound.

  1. ^ Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, p. 101, ISBN 978-0-471-72091-1

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