3-Hydroxyvaleric acid
CAS Registry Number®
10237-77-1
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CAS Name
3-Hydroxyvaleric acidMolecular Formula
C5H10O3Molecular Mass
118.13Cite this Page
3-Hydroxyvaleric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=10237-77-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 10237-77-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
43-44 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-2-4(6)3-5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey
InChIKey=REKYPYSUBKSCAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CC(O)=O)(CC)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC(O)CC
Other Names for this Substance
- Pentanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-
- Valeric acid, 3-hydroxy-
- 3-Hydroxypentanoic acid
- β-Hydroxy-n-valeric acid
- β-Hydroxyvaleric acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
42482-20-2
