Methyl isobutyrate

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

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BHIWKHZACMWKOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 547-63-7
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• Other names: Propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester; Isobutyric acid, methyl ester; Methyl 2-methylpropanoate; Methyl 2-methylpropionate; (CH3)2CHC(O)OCH3; Methyl isobutanoate; Methylester kyseliny isomaselne; Methyl methylpropanoate; NSC 126780
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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Kumazawa, Itobe, et al., 2008
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Anker, L.S.; Jurs, P.C.; Edwards, P.A., Quantitative structure-retention relationship studies of odor-active aliphatic compounds with oxygen-containing functional groups, Anal. Chem., 1990, 62, 24, 2676-2684, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00223a006 . [all data]

Dirinck, de Pooter, et al., 1981
Dirinck, P.J.; de Pooter, H.L.; Willaert, G.A.; Schamp, N.M., Flavor quality of cultivated strawberries: the role of the sulfur compounds, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1981, 29, 2, 316-321, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00104a024 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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