2-Chlorobutanoic acid

C4H7ClO2CAS 4170-24-5122.55 g/mol

ClOOH
Alkyl halideCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H7ClO2
Molar mass
122.55 g/mol
Exact mass
122.0135 Da
Density
1.189 g/mL (at 25 °C)
Melting point
76.2–77 °C
Boiling point
109.5 °C (at 24 Torr)
logP
1.09Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)

Aggregated from 45 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P321, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
4170-24-5
SMILES
CCC(Cl)C(=O)O
InChIKey
RVBUZBPJAGZHSQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H7ClO2/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)

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Names and synonyms

12 names
  • Butanoic acid, 2-chloro-
  • Butyric acid, 2-chloro-
  • Butyric acid, α-chloro-
  • 2-Chlorobutyric acid
  • α-Chlorobutyric acid
  • (±)-2-Chlorobutyric acid
  • (±)-α-Chlorobutanoic acid
  • (±)-2-Chlorobutanoic acid
  • (RS)-α-Chlorobutyric acid
  • (RS)-2-Chlorobutyric acid
  • α-Monochlorobutanoic acid
  • 2-Chloro-n-butyric 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.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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