L-Lactic acid

C₃H₆O₃CAS 79-33-490.08 g/mol

Open in Covalent MOL file

Alcohol Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula: C₃H₆O₃
Molar mass: 90.08 g/mol
Exact mass: 90.0317 Da
Melting point: 53 °C
pKa: 3.861
logP: -0.55Crippen estimate
Polar surface area: 57.5 Å²
H-bond donors / acceptors: 2 / 2
Rotatable bonds: 1
Stereocentres: Sin SMILES atom order

Hazards

Danger

H314 Causes severe skin burns and eye damageSkin corrosion/irritation
H318 Causes serious eye damageSerious eye damage/eye irritation

Harmonised EU classification (CLP Annex VI, index 607-743-00-5), via PubChem.

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

79-33-4

SMILES

C[C@H](O)C(=O)O

InChIKey

JVTAAEKCZFNVCJ-REOHCLBHSA-N

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)/t2-/m0/s1

Weigh it out

Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass.

Names and synonyms

22 names · show all

Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (2S)-
Lactic acid, L-
Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (S)-
(2S)-2-Hydroxypropanoic acid
d-Lactic acid
Paralactic acid
Sarcolactic acid
(S)-(+)-Lactic acid
(+)-Lactic acid
(S)-Lactic acid
L-(+)-α-Hydroxypropionic acid
Espiritin
Tisulac
(S)-2-Hydroxypropionic acid
L-(+)-Lactic acid
(S)-2-Hydroxypropanoic acid
PH 90
PURAC
PURAC Powder H 60
HiPure 90
Purac FCC 50
Purac sanilac

Work with L-Lactic acid

Predict the NMR spectrum1H and 13C shifts with multiplicities Make a solutionWhat to weigh for any molarity and volume Check drug-likenessLipinski, Veber and lead-likeness Isotope patternExact mass and the mass spectrum pattern

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.

D-Lactic acid10326-41-7Enantiomer Poly[(+)-lactic acid]106989-11-1Enantiomer Lactic acid50-21-5Stereo not defined Polylactic acid26100-51-6Stereo not defined Lactic acid598-82-3Stereo not defined Sodium lactate72-17-3Salt, stereo not defined Calcium lactate814-80-2Salt, stereo not defined Aluminium lactate18917-91-4Salt, stereo not defined Potassium lactate996-31-6Salt, stereo not defined Silver lactate128-00-7Salt, stereo not defined Zinc lactate16039-53-5Salt, stereo not defined Lithium lactate867-55-0Salt, stereo not defined

Similar compounds

Antimony lactate58164-88-885 % similar Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)34346-01-565 % similar Methylmalonic acid516-05-252 % similar Isobutyric acid79-31-252 % similar (S)-2-Hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid17407-55-550 % similar (+-)-2-Hydroxyisovaleric acid4026-18-050 % similar Acetoin513-86-048 % similar 2-(1-Methylethyl)propanedioic acid601-79-648 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

1,3,5-Trioxane110-88-3 (+)-Glyceraldehyde453-17-8 (-)-Glyceraldehyde497-09-6 3-Hydroxypropionic acid503-66-2

Elsewhere

PubChem CAS Common Chemistry NIST WebBook