Acrylic acid

C3H4O2CAS 79-10-772.06 g/mol

OOH
AlkeneCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C3H4O2
Molar mass
72.06 g/mol
Exact mass
72.0211 Da
Density
1.0511 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
12.3 °C
Boiling point
141 °C
pKa
4.25 (25 °C)
Flash point
-55 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
miscible (25 °C)
logP
0.26Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Danger
Flammable (GHS02)Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)Environmental Hazard (GHS09)

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI), via PubChem.

Precautionary statements

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P330, P362+P364, P363, P370+P378, P391, P403+P235, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
79-10-7
SMILES
C=CC(=O)O
InChIKey
NIXOWILDQLNWCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H4O2/c1-2-3(4)5/h2H,1H2,(H,4,5)

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Names and synonyms

15 names · show all
  • 2-Propenoic acid
  • Acroleic acid
  • Ethylenecarboxylic acid
  • Vinylformic acid
  • Propenoic acid
  • NSC 4765
  • LX 300
  • LX 300 (crosslinking agent)
  • B 60-1
  • HF 3050
  • Liroudan FR-RV
  • Relugan FR-RV
  • RA 238
  • TM 1202
  • Acrylic acid glacial

Reactions

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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. All similar compounds

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