Acetic acid methyl ester (methyl acetate) in the world gradually become a kind of mature products, used in place of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate, cyclopentane. When the United States of the United States in 2005, the use of methyl acetate instead of acetone solvent, methyl ester is not limited to the use of organic pollutants discharge, can reach the paint, ink, resin, adhesive factory new environmental standards.

Chinese Name: methyl acetate
English Name: Acetate Methyl
Nickname: methyl acetate
Chemical formula: C₃H₆O₂
Molecular weight: 74.08
CAS accession number: 79-20-9
EINECS accession number: 201-185-2
Melting point: -98.7
Boiling point: 57.8
Water soluble: dissolved, 24.5 g/100 mL, 20 ~ C
Hazard symbol: 7 (in the flash point of flammable liquids) B
International number: 32126
Package category: O52