6-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
1191-25-9
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CAS Name
6-Hydroxyhexanoic acidMolecular Formula
C6H12O3Molecular Mass
132.16Cite this Page
6-Hydroxyhexanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=1191-25-9 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 1191-25-9). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
135-140 °C @ Press: 16 TorrMelting Point (2)
40-41 °CDensity (3)
1.0214 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C
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Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H12O3/c7-5-3-1-2-4-6(8)9/h7H,1-5H2,(H,8,9)
InChIKey
InChIKey=IWHLYPDWHHPVAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CC(O)=O)CCCO
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CCCCCO
Other Names for this Substance
- Hexanoic acid, 6-hydroxy-
- 6-Hydroxyhexanoic acid
- 6-Hydroxycaproic acid
- ε-Hydroxycaproic acid
- NSC 617319
