3-Hydroxybutyric acid
CAS Registry Number®
300-85-6
CAS Name
3-Hydroxybutyric acidMolecular Formula
C4H8O3Molecular Mass
104.10Cite this Page
3-Hydroxybutyric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=300-85-6 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 300-85-6). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
125-130 °C @ Press: 8 TorrMelting Point (2)
46 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Tuerck, Karl H. W.; US2411700, 1946, CAplus
- (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)2-4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey
InChIKey=WHBMMWSBFZVSSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(C)O)C(O)=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC(O)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Butanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-
- Butyric acid, 3-hydroxy-
- 3-Hydroxybutanoic acid
- β-Hydroxybutyric acid
- β-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
625-71-8, 2392893-69-3
