(R)-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
20016-85-7
CAS Name
(R)-2-Hydroxybutanoic acidMolecular Formula
C4H8O3Molecular Mass
104.10Cite this Page
(R)-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=20016-85-7 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 20016-85-7). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
55-55.5 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)/t3-/m1/s1
InChIKey
InChIKey=AFENDNXGAFYKQO-GSVOUGTGSA-N
SMILES
[C@H](C(O)=O)(CC)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CC
Other Names for this Substance
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (2R)-
- Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-, D-
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (R)-
- (2R)-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid
- D-α-Hydroxybutyric acid
