(S)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid
CAS Registry Number®
3347-90-8
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CAS Name
(S)-2-Hydroxybutyric acidMolecular Formula
C4H8O3Molecular Mass
104.10Cite this Page
(S)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=3347-90-8 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 3347-90-8). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
40-42 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)/t3-/m0/s1
InChIKey
InChIKey=AFENDNXGAFYKQO-VKHMYHEASA-N
SMILES
[C@@H](C(O)=O)(CC)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CC
Other Names for this Substance
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (2S)-
- Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (S)-
- (2S)-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid
- L-2-Hydroxybutyric acid
- (+)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid
