Gamma-butyrolactone
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C4H6O2
- Molar mass
- 86.09 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 86.0368 Da
- Density
- 1.1284 g/mL (at 16 °C)
- Melting point
- −43.53 °C
- Boiling point
- 204 °C
- Flash point
- 98 °C (closed cup)
- Water solubility
- miscible
- logP
- 0.32Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 0 / 2
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
Hazards
Danger
- H302 Harmful if swallowed99.6% of notifiers
- H315 Causes skin irritation12.4% of notifiers
- H318 Causes serious eye damage68.3% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation31.5% of notifiers
- H331 Toxic if inhaled12.2% of notifiers
- H336 May cause drowsiness or dizziness62% of notifiers
Aggregated from 3,692 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501
Identifiers
CAS number
96-48-0SMILES
O=C1CCCO1InChIKey
YEJRWHAVMIAJKC-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c5-4-2-1-3-6-4/h1-3H2Weigh it out
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Names and synonyms
27 names · show all
- 2(3H)-Furanone, dihydro-
- Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone
- NIH 10540
- γ-BL
- Butyrolactone
- 1,4-Butanolide
- γ-Butyrolactone
- 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid lactone
- γ-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone
- Butanoic acid, 4-hydroxy-, γ-lactone
- Butyric acid lactone
- 4-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone
- Tetrahydro-2-furanone
- 4-Butanolide
- 4-Deoxytetronic acid
- 1-Oxacyclopentan-2-one
- 2-Oxotetrahydrofuran
- γ-Butyryllactone
- 4,5-Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone
- γ-Butalactone
- 2-Oxolanone
- 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-2-furanone
- Paint clean G
- NSC 4592
- GBL
- LBG 11785
- B 0767
Safety data sheets
One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 96-48-0. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.
Work with Gamma-butyrolactone
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
Boiling point under vacuumAt any pressure, from its normal boiling point
Isotope patternExact mass and the mass spectrum pattern
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Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.