3-Mercaptopropionic acid

• Formula: C₃H₆O₂S
• Molecular weight: 106.144
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O2S/c4-3(5)1-2-6/h6H,1-2H2,(H,4,5) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DKIDEFUBRARXTE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 107-96-0
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• Other names: 3-Mercaptopropanoic acid; β-Mercaptopropionic acid; Propanoic acid, 3-mercapto-; β-Thiopropionic acid; Hydracrylic acid, 3-thio-; Mercaptopropionic acid; Propionic acid, 3-mercapto-; 3-Thiopropionic acid; 3MPA; 3-Thiopropanoic acid; 2-Mercaptoethanecarboxylic acid; NSC 437; β-Mercaptopropanoic acid; 3-Thiolpropanoic acid
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Huffman and Ellis, 1935
Huffman, H.M.; Ellis, E.L., Thermal data. III. The heat capacities, entropies and free energies of four organic compounds containing sulfur, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1935, 57, 46-48. [all data]

Hofmann and Schieberle, 1997
Hofmann, T.; Schieberle, P., Identification of potent aroma compounds in thermally treated mixtures of glucose/cysteine and rhamnose/cysteine using aroma extract dilution techniques, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1997, 45, 3, 898-906, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf960456t . [all data]

Hofmann and Schieberle, 1995
Hofmann, T.; Schieberle, P., Evaluation of the key odorants in a thermally treated solution of ribose and cysteine by aroma extract dilution techniques, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1995, 43, 8, 2187-2194, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00056a042 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions

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