2-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid

C5H10O3SCAS 583-91-5150.19 g/mol

SOHOOH
AlcoholCarboxylic acidSulfide

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H10O3S
Molar mass
150.19 g/mol
Exact mass
150.0351 Da
Melting point
250 °C
Flash point
121.1 °C
logP
0.18Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 3
Rotatable bonds
4

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 5 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P273, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P332+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
583-91-5
SMILES
CSCCC(O)C(=O)O
InChIKey
ONFOSYPQQXJWGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3S/c1-9-3-2-4(6)5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)

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Names and synonyms

27 names · show all
  • Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-
  • α-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid
  • DL-2-Hydroxy-4-(methylmercapto)butyric acid
  • DL-α-Hydroxy-γ-methylmercaptobutyric acid
  • DL-2-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid
  • Hydan L
  • DL-2-Hydroxy-4-(methylmercapto)butanoic acid
  • DL-2-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid
  • Desmenidol
  • (+)-2-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid
  • AT 88
  • BIOX-A
  • HMTBA
  • Desmeninol
  • 2-Hydroxy-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid
  • Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-
  • Butyric acid, α-hydroxy-γ-(methylmercapto)-
  • 2-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid
  • α-Hydroxy-γ-(methylmercapto)butyric acid
  • α-Hydroxy-γ-(methylthio)butyric acid
  • γ-(Methylthio)-α-hydroxybutyric acid
  • Alimet
  • MHA acid
  • MHA-FA
  • γ-(Methylmercapto)-α-hydroxybutyric acid
  • 2-Hydroxy-4-(methylmercapto)butyric acid
  • Alpha-Hydroxy-gamma-methylmercaptobutyric 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.

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