Crotonic acid

C4H6O2CAS 107-93-786.09 g/mol

OOH
AlkeneCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H6O2
Molar mass
86.09 g/mol
Exact mass
86.0368 Da
Density
1.018 g/mL (at 15 °C)
Melting point
72 °C
Boiling point
184.7 °C
pKa
4.817 (25 °C)
Flash point
87.8 °C (open cup)
Water solubility
555 g/L (20 °C)
logP
0.65Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1
Double bonds
EE/Z, in SMILES order

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 1,826 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P264+P265, P270, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P330, P362+P364, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
107-93-7
SMILES
C/C=C/C(=O)O
InChIKey
LDHQCZJRKDOVOX-NSCUHMNNSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c1-2-3-4(5)6/h2-3H,1H3,(H,5,6)/b3-2+

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Names and synonyms

9 names
  • 2-Butenoic acid, (2E)-
  • Crotonic acid, (E)-
  • 2-Butenoic acid, (E)-
  • (2E)-2-Butenoic acid
  • trans-Crotonic acid
  • (E)-Crotonic acid
  • trans-2-Butenoic acid
  • (E)-2-Butenoic acid
  • NSC 8751

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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