4-Hydroxy-2-butanone

C4H8O2CAS 590-90-988.11 g/mol

OOH
AlcoholKetone

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H8O2
Molar mass
88.11 g/mol
Exact mass
88.0524 Da
Density
1.1089 g/mL (at 24 °C)
Melting point
121 °C
Boiling point
109 °C
logP
-0.04Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 2
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Danger
Flammable (GHS02)Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 154 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P264+P265, P272, P280, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P305+P354+P338, P317, P321, P332+P317, P333+P317, P362+P364, P370+P378, P403+P235, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
590-90-9
SMILES
CC(=O)CCO
InChIKey
LVSQXDHWDCMMRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-4(6)2-3-5/h5H,2-3H2,1H3

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Names and synonyms

11 names
  • 2-Butanone, 4-hydroxy-
  • 4-Butanol-2-one
  • Methylolacetone
  • 3-Ketobutan-1-ol
  • 3-Oxo-1-butanol
  • Monomethylolacetone
  • 3-Oxobutanol
  • 3-Ketobutanol
  • 1-Hydroxybutan-3-one
  • 2-Hydroxyethyl methyl ketone
  • NSC 41219

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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