Butanoic acid, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₁₀O₂
• Molecular weight: 102.1317
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H10O2/c1-3-4(2)5(6)7/h4H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WLAMNBDJUVNPJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 116-53-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • Butanoic acid, 2-methyl-
• Stereoisomers:
  • Butanoic acid, 2-methyl-, (2S)-
• Other names: Butyric acid, 2-methyl-; α-Methylbutyric acid; Active valeric acid; Ethylmethylacetic acid; Methylethylacetic acid; 2-Methylbutanoic acid; 2-Methylbutyric acid; 2-Methybutyric acid; (.+/-.)-2-Methylbutanoic acid; DL-2-Methylbutyric acid; NSC 7304; 600-07-7
• Information on this page:
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Normal boiling point

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Data compiled by: Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Hancock, Watson, et al., 1954
Hancock, C.K.; Watson, G.M.; Gilby, R.F., Heats of Combustion of Five-Carbon Fatty Acids and Their Methyl and Ethyl Esters, J. Phys. Chem., 1954, 58, 127. [all data]

Cook, 1952
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Goldschmidt, Leicher, et al., 1952
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Happ and Stewart, 1952
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James and Martin, 1952
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Kenyon and Ross, 1952
Kenyon, J.; Ross, J. Chem. Soc., 1952, 1952, 2307. [all data]

Moyle and Baldwin, 1952
Moyle, V.; Baldwin, E., Biochem. J., 1952, 51, 504. [all data]

Heintzeler, 1950
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Noyce and Denney, 1950
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Partridge and Garrison, 1950
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Cram and Tishler, 1948
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Venus-Danilova, 1941
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Hopff, Nenitzescu, et al., 1936
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Kohlraush, Koppl, et al., 1933
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Gilman and Kirby, 1932
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Seib, 1927
Seib, J., Chem. Ber., 1927, 60, 1390. [all data]

Gilman and Parker, 1925
Gilman, H.; Parker, H.H., Org. Synth., 1925, 5, 75. [all data]

Erlenmeyer and Landsberger, 1914
Erlenmeyer, E.; Landsberger, F., Biochem. Z., 1914, 64, 366. [all data]

Power and Rogerson, 1912
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Marckwald, 1899
Marckwald, W., Chem. Ber., 1899, 32, 1089. [all data]

Schutz and Marckwald, 1896
Schutz, O.; Marckwald, W., Chem. Ber., 1896, 29, 52. [all data]

Taverne, 1894
Taverne, H.J., Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1894, 13, 187. [all data]

Perkin, 1884
Perkin, W.H., On the Magnetic Rotary Polarisation of Compounds in Relation to their Chemical Consitution; with Observations on the Preparation and Relative Densities of the Bodies Examined, J. Chem. Soc., 1884, 45, 421-580. [all data]

Pedler, 1868
Pedler, A., J. Chem. Soc., 1868, 21, 74. [all data]

Notes

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