Pivalic acid

C5H10O2CAS 75-98-9102.13 g/mol

OOH
Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H10O2
Molar mass
102.13 g/mol
Exact mass
102.0681 Da
Density
0.905 g/mL (at 50 °C)
Melting point
35.5 °C
Boiling point
163.8 °C
pKa
5.03 (25 °C)
Flash point
64 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
25 g/L (20 °C)
logP
1.12Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
0

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 256 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P260, P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P330, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P363, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
75-98-9
SMILES
CC(C)(C)C(=O)O
InChIKey
IUGYQRQAERSCNH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O2/c1-5(2,3)4(6)7/h1-3H3,(H,6,7)

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Names and synonyms

13 names · show all
  • Propanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl-
  • 2,2-Dimethylpropanoic acid
  • α,α-Dimethylpropionic acid
  • Neopentanoic acid
  • Trimethylacetic acid
  • 2,2-Dimethylpropionic acid
  • tert-Pentanoic acid
  • 2,2,2-Trimethylacetic acid
  • Versatic 5 acid
  • Trimethylmethanecarboxylic acid
  • NSC 65449
  • Neovaleric acid
  • Versatic acid 5

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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