(±)-2-Hydroxypentanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
617-31-2
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CAS Name
(±)-2-Hydroxypentanoic acidMolecular Formula
C5H10O3Molecular Mass
118.13Cite this Page
(±)-2-Hydroxypentanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=617-31-2 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 617-31-2). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
34 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey
InChIKey=JRHWHSJDIILJAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CCC)(C(O)=O)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Pentanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-
- Valeric acid, 2-hydroxy-
- 2-Hydroxypentanoic acid
- α-Hydroxy-n-valeric acid
- α-Hydroxyvaleric acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
6450-97-1
