5-Methylhexanoic acid

C7H14O2CAS 628-46-6130.19 g/mol

OOH
Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C7H14O2
Molar mass
130.19 g/mol
Exact mass
130.0994 Da
Density
0.914 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
below −25 °C
Boiling point
216 °C
logP
1.90Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
4

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)

Aggregated from 48 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P264, P264+P265, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
628-46-6
SMILES
CC(C)CCCC(=O)O
InChIKey
MHPUGCYGQWGLJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H14O2/c1-6(2)4-3-5-7(8)9/h6H,3-5H2,1-2H3,(H,8,9)

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Names and synonyms

6 names
  • Hexanoic acid, 5-methyl-
  • Caproic acid, δ-methyl-
  • Isoenanthic acid
  • 5-Methylhexylic acid
  • 5-Methylcaproic acid
  • NSC 1075

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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