has role volatile organic compound methyl ester acetate ester fragrance polar aprotic solvent methyl acetate PMID:14168434 CAS:79-20-9 InChI=1S/C3H6O2/c1-3(4)5-2/h1-2H3 PMID:23340101 CH3COOCH3 Wikipedia:Methyl_acetate PMID:23602747 74.07850 acetic acid methyl ester MeOAc AcOMe KXKVLQRXCPHEJC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0 Tereton CH3CO2CH3 74.03678 KEGG:C17530 HMDB:HMDB0031523 PMID:22869894 chebi_ontology methyl acetate Devoton Methylacetat methyl ethanoate PMID:23862653 PMID:1323358 COC(C)=O MetaCyc:METHYL-ACETATE Reaxys:1736662 CHEBI:77700 An acetate ester resulting from the formal condensation of acetic acid with methanol. A low-boiling (57 degreeC) colourless, flammable liquid, it is used as a solvent for many resins and oils. C3H6O2 acetate de methyle EC 3.4.19.3 (pyroglutamyl-peptidase I) inhibitor