(±)-2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid

C5H10O3CAS 3739-30-8118.13 g/mol

OHOOH
AlcoholCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H10O3
Molar mass
118.13 g/mol
Exact mass
118.0630 Da
Melting point
74 °C
Boiling point
133–134 °C (at 16 Torr)
logP
0.23Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 41 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
3739-30-8
SMILES
CCC(C)(O)C(=O)O
InChIKey
MBIQENSCDNJOIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-3-5(2,8)4(6)7/h8H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7)

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Names and synonyms

11 names
  • Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-
  • Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-
  • Butyric acid, α-hydroxy-α-methyl-
  • 2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutanoic acid
  • α-Hydroxy-α-methylbutyric acid
  • 2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid
  • 2-Methyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid
  • (±)-α-Hydroxy-α-methylbutyric acid
  • (±)-2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutanoic acid
  • NSC 9458
  • (+-)-2-Hydroxy-2-methylbutyric acid

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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