FLAMMABLE LIST
Properties of Some Common Organic Solvents
Solubility in
Molecular Boiling Point Melting Point
Solvent Formula Density (g/mL) Water
Weight (°C) (°C)
(g/100g)
acetic acid C2H4O2 60.052 118 16.6 1.049 Miscible
acetone C3H6O 58.079 56.2 –94.3 0.786 Miscible
acetonitrile C2H3N 41.052 81.6 –46 0.786 Miscible
benzene C6H6 78.11 80.1 5.5 0.879 0.18
1-butanol C4H10O 74.12 117.6 –89.5 0.81 7.7
2-butanol C4H10O 74.12 99.5 –114.7 0.808 18.1
2-butanone C4H8O 72.11 79.6 –86.3 0.805 25.6
t-butyl alcohol C4H10O 74.12 82.2 25.5 0.786 Miscible
carbon tetrachloride CCl4 153.82 76.7 –22.4 1.594 0.08
chlorobenzene C6H5Cl 112.56 132 –45.6 1.106 0.05
chloroform CHCl3 119.38 61.2 –63.5 1.498 0.8
cyclohexane C6H12 84.16 80.7 6.6 0.779 <0.1
1,2-dichloroethane C2H4Cl2 98.96 83.5 –35.4 1.235 0.87
diethyl ether C4H10O 74.12 34.5 –116.2 0.713 7.5
diethylene glycol C4H10O3 106.12 245 –10 1.118 Miscible
diglyme (diethylene C6H14O3 134.17 162 –64 0.945 Miscible
glycol dimethyl
ether)
1,2-dimethoxy- C4H10O2 90.12 85 –58 0.868 Miscible
ethane (glyme, DME)
dimethyl-formamide C3H7NO 73.09 153 –61 0.9445 Miscible
(DMF)
dimethyl sulfoxide C2H6OS 78.13 189 18.4 1.092 Miscible
(DMSO)
1,4-dioxane C4H8O2 88.11 101.1 11.8 1.033 Miscible
ethanol C2H6O 46.07 78.5 –114.1 0.789 Miscible
ethyl acetate C4H8O2 88.11 77 –83.6 0.894 8.7
ethylene glycol C2H6O2 62.07 197 –13 1.115 Miscible
glycerin C3H8O3 92.09 290 17.8 1.261 Miscible
heptane C7H16 100.2 98 –90.6 0.684 0.0003
hexamethylphosphora C6H18N3O 179.2 232.5 7.2 1.03 Miscible
mide (HMPA) P
hexamethylphosphor C6H18N3P 163.2 150 –44 0.898 Miscible
ous triamide (HMPT)
hexane C6H14 86.18 69 –95 0.655 0.0014
methanol CH4O 32.04 64.6 –98 0.791 Miscible
methyl t-butyl ether C5H12O 88.15 55.2 –109 0.741 4.8
(MTBE)
methylene chloride CH2Cl2 84.93 39.8 –96.7 1.326 1.32
N-methyl-2- CH5H9NO 99.13 202 –24 1.033 10
pyrrolidinone (NMP)
nitromethane CH3NO2 61.04 101.2 –29 1.382 9.5
pentane C5H12 72.15 36.1 –129.7 0.626 0.004
petroleum ether — — 30-60 –40 0.656 —
(ligroine)
1-propanol C3H8O 88.15 97 –126 0.803 Miscible
2-propanol C3H8O 88.15 82.4 –88.5 0.785 Miscible
pyridine C5H5N 79.1 115.2 –42 0.982 Miscible
tetrahydrofuran C4H8O 72.106 66 –108.4 0.886 30
(THF)
toluene C7H8 92.14 110.6 –93 0.867 0.05
triethyl amine C6H15N 101.19 88.9 –114.7 0.728 0.02
o-xylene C8H10 106.17 144 –25.2 0.897 Insoluble
m-xylene C8H10 106.17 139.1 –47.8 0.868 Insoluble
p-xylene C8H10 106.17 138.3 13.3 0.861 0.02
SOURCE: Dr. Steven Murov, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Modesto Junior College.
Flash
Point (°C)
39
–20
6
–11
37
24
–9
11
28
–20
13
–45
124
67
–2
58
95
12
13
–4
111
160
–4
105
26
–22
12
–28
1.6
91
35
–49
–30
15
12
17
–14
4
–11
32
27
27
