Lactic acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C3H6O3
- Molar mass
- 90.08 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 90.0317 Da
- Density
- 1.249 g/mL (at 15 °C)
- Melting point
- 16.8 °C
- Boiling point
- 122 °C (at NaN Torr)
- logP
- -0.55Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 2 / 2
- Rotatable bonds
- 1
Identifiers
CAS number
598-82-3SMILES
CC(O)C(=O)OInChIKey
JVTAAEKCZFNVCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass and density.
Names and synonyms
29 names · show all
- Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-
- 2-Hydroxypropanoic acid
- α-Hydroxypropionic acid
- 2-Hydroxypropionic acid
- Milk acid
- α-Hydroxypropanoic acid
- Chem-cast
- Biolac
- DL-Lactic acid
- Tonsillosan
- (±)-Lactic acid
- Purac FCC 88
- 2-Hydroxy-2-methylacetic acid
- E 270
- NSC 367919
- Purac FCC 80
- HiPure 88
- Lurex
- Purac HS 88
- Purac HS 100
- (RS)-2-Hydroxypropanoic acid
- Kiwilustre
- Musashino lactate 50F
- Masashino Lactic acid 90F
- Purac 55
- Purac 60
- Purac HS 50
- rac-Lactic acid
- Lactate
Work with Lactic acid
Similar compounds
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Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds