Pentanoic acid, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 116.1583
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-3-4-5(2)6(7)8/h5H,3-4H2,1-2H3,(H,7,8) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: OVBFMEVBMNZIBR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 97-61-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • l-(-)-2-methylpentanoic acid
• Other names: Valeric acid, 2-methyl-; α-Methylvaleric acid; Methylpropylacetic acid; 2-Methylpentanoic acid; 2-Methylvaleric acid; 2-Pentanecarboxylic acid; n-C3H7CH(CH3)COOH; 2-Methyl-n-valeric acid; Kyselina 2-methylvalerova
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Normal boiling point

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Quebedeaux, Wash Ney, et al., 1943
Quebedeaux; Wash Ney; Crouch; Lochte, H.L., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 767. [all data]

Olivier, 1936
Olivier, S.C.J., Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1936, 55, 1027. [all data]

Liebermann and Kleemann, 1884
Liebermann; Kleemann, Chem. Ber., 1884, 17, 918. [all data]

Liebermann and Scheibler, 1883
Liebermann, C.; Scheibler, C., Chem. Ber., 1883, 16, 1821. [all data]

Kelbe and Warth, 1882
Kelbe, W.; Warth, C., Chem. Ber., 1882, 15, 308. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil

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