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Levulinic Acid

CAS: 123-76-2 | C5H8O3

2D Structure

3D Structure

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Basic Information

CAS Registry Number: 123-76-2
Molecular Formula: C5H8O3
Molecular Weight: 116.11599999999999 g/mol

Names and Synonyms:

Levulinic Acid
Lev-OH
3-Acetylpropanoic acid
3-Oxobutanecarboxylic acid
NSC 3716
4-Ketovaleric acid
4-Oxovaleric acid
3-Acetylpropionic acid
Levulic acid
Laevulinic acid
γ-Ketovaleric acid
β-Acetylpropionic acid
4-Oxopentanoic acid
Levulinic acid
Pentanoic acid, 4-oxo-

Identifiers:

SMILES:
CC(=O)CCC(=O)O
InChI:
InChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-4(6)2-3-5(7)8/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)

Spectral Data

NMR, IR, and Mass spectral data

1H NMR
13C NMR
Predicting NMR spectra...
10 ppm 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ppm
Shift (ppm) Multiplicity Integration Assignment
200 ppm 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 ppm
Shift (ppm) DEPT Assignment

Note: These NMR spectra are predicted computationally and may differ from experimental data. Predictions are based on chemical environment analysis.

External Resources

All Properties

Comprehensive physical and chemical properties

Physical Properties

Property Value Source
molecular_mass 116.12 g/mol Legacy Database
density 1.14 g/cm³ Legacy Database
wikipedia_url https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levulinic_acid None Legacy Database
cas-boiling-point 245.5 °C None Legacy Database
cas-canonical-smile O=C(O)CCC(=O)C None Legacy Database
cas-density 1.1447 g/cm3 @ Temp: 15.0 °C None Legacy Database
cas-inchi InChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-4(6)2-3-5(7)8/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8) None Legacy Database
cas-inchi-key InChIKey=JOOXCMJARBKPKM-UHFFFAOYSA-N None Legacy Database
cas-melting-point 33 °C None Legacy Database
cas-name Levulinic acid None Legacy Database
wikipedia-name Levulinic acid None Legacy Database
LogP 0.4402 RDKit

Molecular

Property Value Source
Molecular Weight 116.11599999999999 g/mol RDKit

Exact

Property Value Source
Exact Molecular Weight 116.047344116 g/mol RDKit

Heavy

Property Value Source
Heavy Atom Count 8 count RDKit

Hydrogen

Property Value Source
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors 2 count RDKit
Hydrogen Bond Donors 1 count RDKit

Rotatable

Property Value Source
Rotatable Bonds 3 count RDKit

Aromatic

Property Value Source
Aromatic Ring Count 0 count RDKit

Topological

Property Value Source
Topological Polar Surface Area 54.370000000000005 Ų RDKit

Molar

Property Value Source
Molar Refractivity 27.550799999999988 RDKit

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