Methacrolein

• Formula: C₄H₆O
• Molecular weight: 70.0898
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O/c1-4(2)3-5/h3H,1H2,2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: STNJBCKSHOAVAJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-85-3
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: 2-Propenal, 2-methyl-; Methacrylaldehyde; α-Methylacrolein; Isobutenal; Methacrylic aldehyde; Methylacrylaldehyde; 2-Methylacrolein; 2-Methylpropenal; CH2=C(CH3)CHO; 2-Methylenepropanal; 2-Methylprop-2-enal; α-Methacrolein; Acrolein, 2-methyl-; Methacraldehyde; Methakrylaldehyd; 2-Methyl-2-propenal; NSC 8260; Methylacroleine
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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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References

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Mondello, 2012
Mondello, L., HS-SPME-GCxGC-MS analysis of Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in Shimadzu GC-GC application compendium of comprehensive 2D GC, Vol. 1-5, Shimadzu Corp., 2012, 1-29. [all data]

Zenkevich, 1996
Zenkevich, I.G., Informational Maitenance of Gas Chromatographic Identification of Organic Compounds in Ecoanalytical Investigations, Z. Anal. Chem., 1996, 51, 11, 1140-1148. [all data]

Ciccioli, Brancaleoni, et al., 1993
Ciccioli, P.; Brancaleoni, E.; Cecinato, A.; Sparapani, R.; Frattoni, M., Identification and determination of biogenic and anthropogenic volatile organic compounds in forest areas of Northern and Southern Europe and a remote site of the Himalaya region by high-resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr., 1993, 643, 1-2, 55-69, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9673(93)80541-F . [all data]

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