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Methyl methacrylate

80-62-6C5H8O2100.117 g/mol

An enoate ester having methacrylic acid as the carboxylic acid component and methanol as the alcohol component. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

2 indexed references
US · NIOSH

Occupational chemical safety guide

Methyl methacrylate

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JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

H29-B-034 · FY2017

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number80-62-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC5H8O2ChEBI ↗
Molar mass100.117 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass100.05243 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:34840ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass100.12 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass100.052429494 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP1.4PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)26.3PubChem ↗
H-bond donors0PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors2PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds2PubChem ↗

PubChem computed values are shown separately from the ChEBI record. An exact InChIKey match was used to connect the records. Molecular descriptors do not describe a supplied product’s purity, particle size or performance.

Names & structural identifiers

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methyl methacrylate
methyl 2-methylprop-2-enoate
VVQNEPGJFQJSBK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
C=C(C)C(=O)OC
InChI=1S/C5H8O2/c1-4(2)5(6)7-3/h1H2,2-3H3

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

allergenpolymerisation monomer

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2017 source classification
Methyl methacrylate · H29-B-034
EndpointReported classification
Flammable liquidsCategory 2
Self-reactive substances and mixturesType G
Acute toxicity (Inhalation: Vapours)Category 4
Skin corrosion/irritationCategory 2
Serious eye damage/eye irritationCategory 2
Respiratory sensitizationCategory 1

Selected source-reported endpoints. Other endpoints, rationales and conditions remain in the original classification. Missing or unlisted information does not mean non-hazardous. This is not a global classification or transport decision.

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00998831 mol

Uses 100.117 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 5 atoms
59.98%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
31.96%
H
Hydrogen · 8 atoms
8.05%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Human T lymphocyte priming in vitro by haptenated autologous dendritic cells. ↗Clinical and experimental immunology · 1999 Aug · PMID 10444249
Induction of tolerance and cross-tolerance to methacrylate contact sensitizers. ↗Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2001 Nov 1 · PMID 11714252

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:34840

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 6658 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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