Crotonic acid

C4H6O2CAS 3724-65-086.09 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
185 °C
logP
0.65Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)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+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P332+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
3724-65-0
SMILES
CC=CC(=O)O
InChIKey
LDHQCZJRKDOVOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c1-2-3-4(5)6/h2-3H,1H3,(H,5,6)

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Names and synonyms

4 names
  • 2-Butenoic acid
  • α-Butenoic acid
  • 3-Methylacrylic acid
  • NSC 206946

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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.

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