List of water-miscible solvents

The following compounds are liquid at room temperature and are completely miscible with water; they are often used as solvents. Many of them are hygroscopic.

Organic compounds

Chemical formula Name CAS number
CH3CHO acetaldehyde 75–07–0
CH3CO2H acetic acid 64–19–7
(CH3)2CO acetone 67–64–1
CH3CN acetonitrile 75–05–8
CH3CH2CH(OH)CH2OH 1,2-Butanediol 584–03–2
CH3CH(OH)CH2CH2OH 1,3-Butanediol 107–88–0
HOCH2CH2CH2CH2OH 1,4-Butanediol 110–63–4
C6H14O2 2-Butoxyethanol 111–76–2
CH3CH2CH2COOH butyric acid 107–92–6
HN(CH2CH2OH)2 diethanolamine 111–42–2
HN(CH2CH2NH2)2 diethylenetriamine 111–40–0
C4H10O2 dimethoxyethane 110–71–4
(CH3)2NC(O)H dimethylformamide 68–12–2
C2H8N2 1,1-dimethylhydrazine 57–14–7
C2H8N2 1,2-dimethylhydrazine 540–73–8
(CH3)2SO dimethyl sulfoxide 67–68–5
C4H8O2 1,4-Dioxane 123–91–1
C2H6O ethanol 64–17–5
CH3CH2NH2 ethylamine 75–04–7
C2H6O2 ethylene glycol 107–21–1
HCOOH formic acid 64–18–6
C5H6O2 furfuryl alcohol 98–00–0
C3H8O3 glycerol 56–81–5
CH3OH methanol 67–56–1
CH3N(C2H4OH)2 methyl diethanolamine 105–59–9
CH3NC methyl isocyanide 593–75–9
C5H9NO N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 872–50–4
CH3CH2CH2OH 1-Propanol 71–23–8
CH2(CH2OH)2 1,3-Propanediol 504–63–2
HOCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2OH 1,5-Pentanediol 111–29–5
(CH3)2CHOH 2-Propanol 67–63–0
CH3CH2COOH propanoic acid 79–09–4
HOCH2CHOHCH3 propylene glycol 57–55–6
C5H5N pyridine 110–86–1
C4H8O2S sulfolane 126–33–0
(CH2)4O tetrahydrofuran 109–99–9
C6H14O4 triethylene glycol 112–27–6

Inorganic compounds

Chemical formula Name CAS number
N2H4 hydrazine 302–01–2
HNO3 nitric acid 7697–37–2
H2O2 hydrogen peroxide 7722–84–1
HF hydrofluoric acid 7664–39–3
H2SO4 sulfuric acid 7664–93–9
HCl hydrochloric acid 7647–01–0

See also

Category:Alcohol solvents

  • Solvent miscibility table [1]
  • Diethylenetriamine [2]
  • Hydrazine [3]