Potassium lactate

C3H5KO3CAS 996-31-6128.17 g/mol

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AlcoholCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C3H5KO3
Molar mass
128.17 g/mol
Exact mass
127.9876 Da
logP
-0.93Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
57.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

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Identifiers

CAS number
996-31-6
SMILES
CC(O)C([O-])=O.[K+]
InChI

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Names and synonyms

10 names
  • Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, potassium salt (1:1)
  • Lactic acid, monopotassium salt
  • Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, monopotassium salt
  • Potassium α-hydroxypropionate
  • Conclyte K
  • Potassium DL-lactate
  • E 326
  • Purasel P
  • Purasal P
  • Slack potassium

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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.

Lactic acid50-21-5Free acid Polylactic acid26100-51-6Free acid Lactic acid598-82-3Free acid L-Lactic acid79-33-4Free acid, defined stereoisomer D-Lactic acid10326-41-7Free acid, defined stereoisomer Poly[(+)-lactic acid]106989-11-1Free acid, defined stereoisomer Sodium lactate72-17-3Salt Calcium lactate814-80-2Salt Aluminium lactate18917-91-4Salt Silver lactate128-00-7Salt Zinc lactate16039-53-5Salt Lithium lactate867-55-0Salt

Similar compounds

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