(2S)-2-Hydroxypentanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
41014-93-1
CAS Name
(2S)-2-Hydroxypentanoic acidMolecular Formula
C5H10O3Molecular Mass
118.13Cite this Page
(2S)-2-Hydroxypentanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=41014-93-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 41014-93-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
52-55 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Denotes property values from the ZIC/VINITI data file provided by InfoChem.
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)/t4-/m0/s1
InChIKey
InChIKey=JRHWHSJDIILJAT-BYPYZUCNSA-N
SMILES
[C@H](CCC)(C(O)=O)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Pentanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (2S)-
- Pentanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (S)-
- (2S)-2-Hydroxypentanoic acid
- L-2-Hydroxyvaleric acid
- L-2-Hydroxypentanoic acid