2-Hydroxyisobutyric acid
CAS Registry Number®
594-61-6
CAS Name
2-Hydroxyisobutyric acidMolecular Formula
C4H8O3Molecular Mass
104.10Cite this Page
2-Hydroxyisobutyric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=594-61-6 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 594-61-6). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
212 °CMelting Point (1)
82.5 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-4(2,7)3(5)6/h7H,1-2H3,(H,5,6)
InChIKey
InChIKey=BWLBGMIXKSTLSX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(O)=O)(C)(C)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)(C)C
Other Names for this Substance
- Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-
- Lactic acid, 2-methyl-
- Isobutyric acid, α-hydroxy-
- 2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid
- α-Hydroxyisobutyric acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
27909-95-1
