(±)-2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid
CAS Registry Number®
3739-30-8
CAS Name
(±)-2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acidMolecular Formula
C5H10O3Molecular Mass
118.13Cite this Page
(±)-2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=3739-30-8 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 3739-30-8). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
133-134 °C @ Press: 16 TorrMelting Point (2)
74 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Meerwein, Hans; Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, (1913), 396, 200-63, CAplus
- (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-3-5(2,8)4(6)7/h8H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey
InChIKey=MBIQENSCDNJOIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(O)=O)(CC)(C)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)(C)CC
Other Names for this Substance
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-
- Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-
- Butyric acid, α-hydroxy-α-methyl-
- 2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutanoic acid
- α-Hydroxy-α-methylbutyric acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
37505-03-6
