4-Methylpentanoic acid

C6H12O2CAS 646-07-1116.16 g/mol

OOH
Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C6H12O2
Molar mass
116.16 g/mol
Exact mass
116.0837 Da
Density
0.9392 g/mL (at 0 °C)
Melting point
−33 °C
Boiling point
200.5 °C
logP
1.51Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
3

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Acute Toxic (GHS06)

Aggregated from 1,591 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P262, P264, P264+P265, P270, P280, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P361+P364, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
646-07-1
SMILES
CC(C)CCC(=O)O
InChIKey
FGKJLKRYENPLQH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-5(2)3-4-6(7)8/h5H,3-4H2,1-2H3,(H,7,8)

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Names and synonyms

9 names
  • Pentanoic acid, 4-methyl-
  • Valeric acid, 4-methyl-
  • Isocaproic acid
  • 4-Methylvaleric acid
  • 4,4-Dimethylbutanoic acid
  • Isobutylacetic acid
  • Isohexanoic acid
  • Isohexoic acid
  • NSC 4126

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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