(±)-2-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
6064-63-7
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CAS Name
(±)-2-Hydroxyhexanoic acidMolecular Formula
C6H12O3Molecular Mass
132.16Cite this Page
(±)-2-Hydroxyhexanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=6064-63-7 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 6064-63-7). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
305 °CMelting Point (1)
61 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H12O3/c1-2-3-4-5(7)6(8)9/h5,7H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)
InChIKey
InChIKey=NYHNVHGFPZAZGA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(O)=O)(CCCC)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CCCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Hexanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-
- 2-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
- 2-Hydroxycaproic acid
- α-Hydroxy-n-caproic acid
- α-Hydroxycaproic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
636-36-2