Levulinic acid
CAS Registry Number®
123-76-2
CAS Name
Levulinic acidMolecular Formula
C5H8O3Molecular Mass
116.12Cite this Page
Levulinic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=123-76-2 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 123-76-2). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
245.5 °CMelting Point (1)
33 °CDensity (2)
1.1447 g/cm³ @ Temp: 15.0 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
- (2) Auwers, Karl V.; Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft [Abteilung] B: Abhandlungen, (1919), 52B, 584-601, CAplus
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-4(6)2-3-5(7)8/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey
InChIKey=JOOXCMJARBKPKM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CC(O)=O)C(C)=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CCC(=O)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Pentanoic acid, 4-oxo-
- Levulinic acid
- 4-Oxopentanoic acid
- β-Acetylpropionic acid
- γ-Ketovaleric acid