3-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
10191-24-9
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CAS Name
3-Hydroxyhexanoic acidMolecular Formula
C6H12O3Molecular Mass
132.16Cite this Page
3-Hydroxyhexanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=10191-24-9 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 10191-24-9). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
13 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H12O3/c1-2-3-5(7)4-6(8)9/h5,7H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)
InChIKey
InChIKey=HPMGFDVTYHWBAG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(CCC)O)C(O)=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC(O)CCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Hexanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-
- Caproic acid, β-hydroxy-
- 3-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
- β-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
- β-Hydroxy-n-caproic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
88930-06-7, 1111092-32-0
