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4-Methylvaleric acid

99%

Synonym(s):

4-Methylpentanoic acid, Isocaproic acid

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Linear Formula:
(CH3)2CHCH2CH2CO2H
CAS Number:
646-07-1
Molecular Weight:
116.16
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24856788
EC Number:
211-464-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1741912
MDL number:
MFCD00002803

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Product Name

4-Methylvaleric acid, 99%

InChI key

FGKJLKRYENPLQH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H12O2/c1-5(2)3-4-6(7)8/h5H,3-4H2,1-2H3,(H,7,8)

SMILES string

CC(C)CCC(O)=O

assay

99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.414 (lit.)

bp

199-201 °C (lit.)

density

0.923 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

Quality Level

100

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Application

4-Methylvaleric acid has been used in asymmetric synthesis of (4S)-4-isopropyl-3-[(2′S)-2′,4′-dimethyl-valeryl)]-2-oxazolidinone.

General description

Conductimetric detection of 4-methylvaleric acid on unfunctionized polymethacrylate resin (TSKgel G3000PWXL) columns has been reported.

pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

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Danger

hcodes

H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1C

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

206.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

97 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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SHBN7601

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Kazutoku Ohta et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1039(1-2), 171-177 (2004-07-15)
The application of unfunctionized polymethacrylate resin (TSKgel G3000PWXL) as a stationary phase in liquid chromatography with conductimetric detection for C1-C7 aliphatic monocarboxylic acids (formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, isovaleric acid, valeric acid, 3,3-dimethylbutyric acid, 4-methylvaleric acid, hexanoic
Progress towards the total synthesis of callipeltin A. Asymmetric synthesis of (2R, 3R, 4S)-3-hydroxy-2, 4, 6-trimethylheptanoic acid.
Guerlavais V, et al.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 13(7), 675-680 (2002)
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Biochemical medicine and metabolic biology, 49(2), 182-199 (1993-04-01)
In islets from adult rats injected with streptozotocin during the neonatal period, both a nonmetabolized analog of L-leucine and 3-phenylpyruvate augmented 14CO2 output from islets either prelabeled with L-[U-14C]glutamine or exposed to D-[2-14C]glucose and D-[6-14C]glucose, in a manner qualitatively comparable
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