2-Methylglyceric acid
CAS Registry Number®
21620-60-0
CAS Name
2-Methylglyceric acidMolecular Formula
C4H8O4Molecular Mass
120.10Cite this Page
2-Methylglyceric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=21620-60-0 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 21620-60-0). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
104 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O4/c1-4(8,2-5)3(6)7/h5,8H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey
InChIKey=DGADNPLBVRLJGD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(O)=O)(CO)(C)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)(C)CO
Other Names for this Substance
- Propanoic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-2-methyl-
- Glyceric acid, 2-methyl-
- 2,3-Dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid
- α-Methylglyceric acid
- 2,3-Dihydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
22329-73-3
