(+-)-2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C5H10O3
- Molar mass
- 118.13 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 118.0630 Da
- Melting point
- 57 °C
- Boiling point
- 120–125 °C (at 17 Torr)
- logP
- 0.09Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 2 / 2
- Rotatable bonds
- 2
Hazards
Warning
- H315 Causes skin irritation100% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation100% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation97.5% of notifiers
Aggregated from 40 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
4026-18-0SMILES
CC(C)C(O)C(=O)OInChIKey
NGEWQZIDQIYUNV-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-3(2)4(6)5(7)8/h3-4,6H,1-2H3,(H,7,8)Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass.
Names and synonyms
17 names · show all
- (±)-2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-
- Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-
- 2-Hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
- α-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
- 2-Oxyisovaleric acid
- 2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
- 2-Hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid
- 3-Methyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid
- (±)-α-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
- DL-α-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
- DL-2-Hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
- (±)-2-Hydroxyisopentanoic acid
- DL-2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
- (±)-2-Hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid
- NSC 227884
- α-Hydroxyl-3-methylbutyric acid
Work with (+-)-2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
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
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D-Tartaric acid147-71-765 % similar
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Tartaric acid87-69-465 % similar
Mucic acid526-99-862 % similar
Saccharic acid87-73-062 % similar
Diammonium tartrate3164-29-257 % similar
2-(1-Methylethyl)propanedioic acid601-79-657 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.