Is 2-methoxyethyl-2-methylpropanoate a surfactant with a low HLB?

[jin.cao]

well i tried the CRC handbook and online search of

2-methoxyethyl-2-methylpropanoate

 

[symbolipoint]

well i tried the CRC handbook and online search of

2-methoxyethyl-2-methylpropanoate

You have what appears to be at least a good, systematic name for the compound. You might try an internet search. Other than that, you might try looking in the Merck Index. Does a specific company manufacture that compound? Maybe the company has technical information about it.

With the "methoxyethy" group, a guess might be that this compound is at least dispersible in water, if not soluble in it. That's only a guess.

 

[jin.cao]

i don't know of a company that manufacture because this lab experiment is for the students to create that ester .

 

[chemisttree]

2-methoxyethyl refers to this ( O-CH2CH2-O-CH3)
2-methylpropanoate is isobutyric acid (ester-form).
Together these are $$(CH_3)_2-CH-C(O)O-CH_2CH_2-OCH_3$$

 

[jin.cao]

2-methoxyethyl refers to this ( O-CH2CH2-O-CH3)
2-methylpropanoate is isobutyric acid (ester-form).
Together these are $$(CH_3)_2-CH-C(O)O-CH_2CH_2-OCH_3$$

hmm , thanks

but do you happen to know some properties of it?

 

[chemisttree]

I don't even know its CAS no.! It might behave as a surfactant with a pretty low HLB. The methoxyethyl group is also known as methyl cellosolve and thus this ester would be the methylcellosolve ester of isobutyric acid (or isobutrate).