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CAS Registry Number®
110-44-1
CAS Name
Sorbic acidMolecular Formula
C6H8O2Molecular Mass
112.13Cite this Page
Sorbic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=110-44-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 110-44-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
90-92 °C @ Press: 35 TorrMelting Point (2)
134.5 °CDensity (2)
1.204 g/cm³ @ Temp: 19 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Miller, Robert E.; Journal of Organic Chemistry, (1951), 16, 1720-30, CAplus
- (2) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H8O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H,1H3,(H,7,8)/b3-2+,5-4+
InChIKey
InChIKey=WSWCOQWTEOXDQX-MQQKCMAXSA-N
SMILES
C(=C/C=C/C)\C(O)=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C=CC=CC
Other Names for this Substance
- 2,4-Hexadienoic acid, (2E,4E)-
- Sorbic acid
- 2,4-Hexadienoic acid, (E,E)-
- (2E,4E)-2,4-Hexadienoic acid
- (E,E)-1,3-Pentadiene-1-carboxylic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
91751-55-2, 1197240-56-4, 2747926-89-0
