L-Malic acid

C₄H₆O₅CAS 97-67-6134.09 g/mol

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Alcohol Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula: C₄H₆O₅
Molar mass: 134.09 g/mol
Exact mass: 134.0215 Da
Density: 1.03 g/mL
Melting point: 128.5–129.5 °C
logP: -1.09Crippen estimate
Polar surface area: 94.8 Å²
H-bond donors / acceptors: 3 / 3
Rotatable bonds: 3
Stereocentres: Sin SMILES atom order

Hazards

Warning

H315 Causes skin irritation18% of notifiers
H319 Causes serious eye irritation97.7% of notifiers

Aggregated from 1,589 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P264, P264+P265, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364

Identifiers

CAS number

97-67-6

SMILES

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

InChIKey

BJEPYKJPYRNKOW-REOHCLBHSA-N

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H6O5/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7/h2,5H,1H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/t2-/m0/s1

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Names and synonyms

19 names · show all

Butanedioic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (2S)-
Malic acid, L-
Butanedioic acid, hydroxy-, (S)-
Butanedioic acid, hydroxy-, (2S)-
(2S)-2-Hydroxybutanedioic acid
Apple acid
(-)-Hydroxysuccinic acid
(-)-Malic acid
L-(-)-Malic acid
(S)-Malic acid
S-(-)-Malic acid
(-)-(S)-Malic acid
S-2-Hydroxybutanedioic acid
(-)-L-Malic acid
NSC 9232
(2S)-2-Hydroxysuccinic acid
L-Apple acid
(2S)-Malic acid
(S)-2-Hydroxysuccinic acid

Work with L-Malic acid

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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.

D-Malic acid636-61-3Enantiomer Malic acid6915-15-7Stereo not defined Malic acid617-48-1Stereo not defined Sodium malate676-46-0Salt, stereo not defined Magnesium malate869-06-7Salt, stereo not defined Pizotifen malate5189-11-7Salt, stereo not defined Almotriptan malate181183-52-8Salt, stereo not defined L-Hydroxysuccinic acid disodium salt138-09-0Salt Sodium malate22798-10-3Salt, stereo not defined Clebopride hydrogen malate57645-91-7Salt, stereo not defined Cabozantinib S-malate1140909-48-3Salt Calcium malate17482-42-7Salt, stereo not defined

Similar compounds

1,2,3,4-Butanetetracarboxylic acid1703-58-860 % similar Propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid99-14-960 % similar Thiodisuccinic acid4917-76-459 % similar D-Aspartic acid1783-96-654 % similar (S)-(-)-Methylsuccinic acid2174-58-554 % similar Polyaspartic acid25608-40-654 % similar (+)-Methylsuccinic acid3641-51-854 % similar (R)-2-Chlorosuccinic acid3972-40-554 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

Diglycolic acid110-99-6 Dimethyl dicarbonate4525-33-1

Elsewhere

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