3-Hydroxyisovaleric acid

C5H10O3CAS 625-08-1118.13 g/mol

HOOOH
AlcoholCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H10O3
Molar mass
118.13 g/mol
Exact mass
118.0630 Da
Density
0.9384 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
below −32 °C
Boiling point
162 °C
logP
0.23Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 48 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
625-08-1
SMILES
CC(C)(O)CC(=O)O
InChIKey
AXFYFNCPONWUHW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-5(2,8)3-4(6)7/h8H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7)

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Names and synonyms

7 names
  • β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyric acid
  • 3-Methyl-3-hydroxybutyric acid
  • Butanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-
  • Butyric acid, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-
  • 3-Hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid
  • β-Hydroxyisovaleric acid
  • 3-Hydroxy-3-methylbutyric 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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