4-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
CAS Registry Number®
77220-86-1
CAS Name
4-Hydroxyisovaleric acidMolecular Formula
C5H10O3Molecular Mass
118.13Cite this Page
4-Hydroxyisovaleric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=77220-86-1 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 77220-86-1). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
85 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-4(3-6)2-5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey
InChIKey=ZGYGEPZZMAXSKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CC(O)=O)(CO)C
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC(C)CO
Other Names for this Substance
- Butanoic acid, 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-
- 4-Hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
- 4-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
- 3-Methyl-γ-hydroxybutyric acid
- β-Methyl-γ-hydroxybutyric acid
