3-Hydroxyheptanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
17587-29-0
CAS Name
3-Hydroxyheptanoic acidMolecular Formula
C7H14O3Molecular Mass
146.18Cite this Page
3-Hydroxyheptanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=17587-29-0 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 17587-29-0). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
40-41 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H14O3/c1-2-3-4-6(8)5-7(9)10/h6,8H,2-5H2,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKey
InChIKey=OXSSIXNFGTZQMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(CCCC)O)C(O)=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC(O)CCCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Heptanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-
- 3-Hydroxyheptanoic acid
- β-Hydroxyheptanoic acid
- (±)-3-Hydroxyheptanoic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
88930-07-8, 1111092-33-1