Polylactic acid

C₃H₆O₃CAS 26100-51-690.08 g/mol

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Alcohol Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula: C₃H₆O₃
Molar mass: 90.08 g/mol
Exact mass: 90.0317 Da
Density: 1.21 g/mL
Melting point: 173 °C
pKa: 3.86 (20 °C)
Flash point: 110 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility: miscible
logP: -0.55Crippen estimate
Polar surface area: 57.5 Å²
H-bond donors / acceptors: 2 / 2
Rotatable bonds: 1

Hazards

Danger

H314 Causes severe skin burns and eye damage11.8% of notifiers
H315 Causes skin irritation87.5% of notifiers
H318 Causes serious eye damage91.9% of notifiers

Aggregated from 2,808 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P264+P265, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P332+P317, P362+P364, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number

26100-51-6

SMILES

CC(O)C(=O)O

InChIKey

JVTAAEKCZFNVCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)

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Names and synonyms

21 names · show all

Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, homopolymer
Lactic acid, polymers
Lactic acid, polyesters
Poly(lactic acid)
Lactic acid polymer
Lactic acid homopolymer
(±)-Lactic acid homopolymer
(±)-2-Hydroxypropanoic acid homopolymer
Poly(DL-lactic acid)
Poly(dl-lactate)
(±)-Poly(lactic acid)
DL-Polylactic acid
DL-Lactic acid polymer
DL-Lactic acid homopolymer
NeoOrtho
D,L-Polylactic acid
2-Hydroxypropanoic acid homopolymer
Polylactate
Lactates, polylactates
Polylactates
PLA

Work with Polylactic acid

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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.

L-Lactic acid79-33-4Defined stereoisomer D-Lactic acid10326-41-7Defined stereoisomer Poly[(+)-lactic acid]106989-11-1Defined stereoisomer Sodium lactate72-17-3Salt Aluminium lactate18917-91-4Salt Calcium lactate814-80-2Salt Silver lactate128-00-7Salt Ammonium lactate515-98-0Salt Lithium lactate867-55-0Salt Potassium lactate996-31-6Salt Zinc lactate16039-53-5Salt Iron(II) lactate5905-52-2Salt

Similar compounds

Antimony lactate58164-88-885 % similar Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)34346-01-565 % similar Methylmalonic acid516-05-252 % similar Isobutyric acid79-31-252 % similar (S)-2-Hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid17407-55-550 % similar (+-)-2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid4026-18-050 % similar Acetoin513-86-048 % similar 2-(1-Methylethyl)propanedioic acid601-79-648 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

1,3,5-Trioxane110-88-3 (+)-Glyceraldehyde453-17-8 (-)-Glyceraldehyde497-09-6 3-Hydroxypropionic acid503-66-2 Glyceraldehyde56-82-6

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