164976
α-Hydroxyisobutyric acid
98%
Synonym(s):
alpha-Hydroxyisobutyric acid, 2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropionic acid, 2-Methyllactic acid
Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.
Select a Size
Change View
About This Item
Linear Formula:
(CH3)2C(OH)COOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
104.10
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
209-848-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1744739
MDL number:
Assay:
98%
Form:
solid
Quality Level
assay
98%
form
solid
bp
84 °C/1.5 mmHg (lit.)
mp
76-80 °C (lit.)
solubility
water: soluble 10%, clear to very slightly hazy, colorless
functional group
carboxylic acid, hydroxyl
SMILES string
CC(C)(O)C(O)=O
InChI
1S/C4H8O3/c1-4(2,7)3(5)6/h7H,1-2H3,(H,5,6)
InChI key
BWLBGMIXKSTLSX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
General description
α-Hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-hydroxyisobutyric acid) is the building block for polymer synthesis. It forms complexes with Eu(III) and has been studied by time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.
Application
α-Hydroxyisobutyric acid was used as background electrolyte for separation and detection of the metal ions by on-line cyclic voltammetry.
Still not finding the right product?
Explore all of our products under α-Hydroxyisobutyric acid
signalword
Danger
hcodes
Hazard Classifications
Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3
target_organs
Respiratory system
Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 3
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
Choose from one of the most recent versions:
Already Own This Product?
Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.
Experimental factors in pulsed electrochemical detection in capillary electrophoresis.
Wen J, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 811(1), 181-192 (1998)
Ana Carolina O Costa et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1171(1-2), 140-143 (2007-10-09)
The aim of this work was to develop a fast method using capillary electrophoresis for the determination of creatinine in human urine samples. The pH and constituents of the background electrolyte were selected by inspection of effective mobility of creatinine
A Amberg et al.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 51(1), 1-8 (1999-09-25)
Methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is widely used as an additive to gasoline to increase oxygen content and reduce tail pipe emission of pollutants. Therefore, widespread human exposure may occur. To contribute to the characterization of potential adverse effects of MTBE, its