α-Hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone

C4H6O3CAS 19444-84-9102.09 g/mol

OOHO
AlcoholEsterLactone

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H6O3
Molar mass
102.09 g/mol
Exact mass
102.0317 Da
Boiling point
107–111 °C (at 6 Torr)
logP
-0.71Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
46.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 3
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 2 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
19444-84-9
SMILES
O=C1OCCC1O
InChIKey
FWIBCWKHNZBDLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O3/c5-3-1-2-7-4(3)6/h3,5H,1-2H2

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Names and synonyms

13 names · show all
  • 2(3H)-Furanone, dihydro-3-hydroxy-
  • Butyric acid, 2,4-dihydroxy-, γ-lactone
  • Dihydro-3-hydroxy-2(3H)-furanone
  • 2,4-Dihydroxybutyric acid γ-lactone
  • 2-Hydroxybutyrolactone
  • 2,4-Dihydroxybutanoic acid γ-lactone
  • 2-Hydroxy-4-butanolide
  • 3-Hydroxydihydrofuran-2-one
  • 3-Hydroxydihydrofuran-2(3H)-one
  • 3-Hydroxyoxolan-2-one
  • 2-Hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone
  • 2-Oxotetrahydrofuran-3-ol
  • Alpha-Hydroxy-gamma-butyrolactone

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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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