2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
1518-62-3
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CAS Name
2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acidMolecular Formula
C4H8O4Molecular Mass
120.10Cite this Page
2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=1518-62-3 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 1518-62-3). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
167-169 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O4/c5-2-1-3(6)4(7)8/h3,5-6H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)
InChIKey
InChIKey=UFYGCFHQAXXBCF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CCO)(C(O)=O)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CCO
Other Names for this Substance
- Butanoic acid, 2,4-dihydroxy-
- Butyric acid, 2,4-dihydroxy-
- 2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid
- 2,4-Dihydroxybutyric acid
- 3-Deoxytetronic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
22329-72-2
