2-Oxobutanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
600-18-0
CAS Name
2-Oxobutanoic acidMolecular Formula
C4H6O3Molecular Mass
102.09Cite this Page
2-Oxobutanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=600-18-0 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 600-18-0). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
74-78 °C @ Press: 25 TorrMelting Point (2)
33 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Inglis, J. K. H.; Proceedings of the Chemical Society, London, (1910), 25, 195, CAplus
- (2) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O3/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey
InChIKey=TYEYBOSBBBHJIV-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-oxo-
- Butyric acid, 2-oxo-
- 2-Oxobutanoic acid
- Propionylformic acid
- α-Oxobutyric acid
