α-Ketoglutaric acid

C5H6O5CAS 328-50-7146.10 g/mol

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Carboxylic acidKetone

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H6O5
Molar mass
146.10 g/mol
Exact mass
146.0215 Da
Density
1.64 g/mL
Melting point
115.5 °C
Boiling point
323 °C
logP
-0.50Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
91.7 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 3
Rotatable bonds
4

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 236 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+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P332+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
328-50-7
SMILES
O=C(O)CCC(=O)C(=O)O
InChIKey
KPGXRSRHYNQIFN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H6O5/c6-3(5(9)10)1-2-4(7)8/h1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)

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Names and synonyms

10 names
  • Pentanedioic acid, 2-oxo-
  • Glutaric acid, 2-oxo-
  • 2-Oxopentanedioic acid
  • α-Keto-Glutaric acid
  • α-Oxoglutaric acid
  • 2-Oxoglutaric acid
  • 2-Oxo-1,5-pentanedioic acid
  • 2-Ketoglutaric acid
  • α-Oxopentanedioic acid
  • NSC 17391

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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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