2-Hydroxybutyric acid
CAS Registry Number®
600-15-7
CAS Name
2-Hydroxybutyric acidMolecular Formula
C4H8O3Molecular Mass
104.10Cite this Page
2-Hydroxybutyric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=600-15-7 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 600-15-7). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
104-106 °C @ Press: 20 TorrMelting Point (2)
44.2 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Bischoff, C. A.; Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft, (1907), 40, 2803-13, CAplus
- (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey
InChIKey=AFENDNXGAFYKQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(O)=O)(CC)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CC
Other Names for this Substance
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-
- Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-, DL-
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (±)-
- 2-Hydroxybutanoic acid
- DL-α-Hydroxybutyric acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
565-70-8
