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153745

Hexanoic acid

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Acid C6, Caproic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)4COOH
CAS Number:
142-62-1
Molecular Weight:
116.16
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24849370
EC Number:
205-550-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
773837
MDL number:
MFCD00004421
Assay:
≥99%
Form:
liquid
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vapor density

4 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

0.18 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.4161 (lit.)

bp

202-203 °C (lit.)

mp

−4 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: slightly soluble, diethyl ether: easily soluble, ethanol: easily soluble

density

0.927 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

organoleptic

pungent

SMILES string

CCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C6H12O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H2,1H3,(H,7,8)

InChI key

FUZZWVXGSFPDMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Hexanoic acid is a resistance priming inducer that protects tomato plants from Botrytis cinerea.

Application

Hexanoic acid can be used:
  • To prepare polyethylene glycol derived nanomicelles as a non-viral gene carrier.
  • As a starting material to synthesize an amino acid L-norleucine.
  • As a reactant to prepare 4-methoxy phenyl hexyl ketone through Friedel−Crafts acylation of anisole using Hβ zeolite-based catalyst.
  • As a template in the preparation of highly conducting thin polypyrrole coated alumina composite particles.

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pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H314

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1C

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

215.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

102 °C - closed cup

ppe

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

Regulatory Listings

Regulatory Listings are mainly provided for chemical products. Only limited information can be provided here for non-chemical products. No entry means none of the components are listed. It is the user’s obligation to ensure the safe and legal use of the product.

Deleterious substance

pdsc

Group 4: Flammable liquids + Type 3 petroleums + Hazardous rank III + Water soluble liquid

fsl

Substances Subject to be Indicated Names

ishl_indicated

Substances Subject to be Notified Names

ishl_notified

153745-100G:4.548173356587E12 + 153745-2.5G:4.54817335657E12 + 153745-500G:4.548173356594E12

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08003HJ
22519BO
01113LE
11627DW
22605LN

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Ivan Finiti et al.
Molecular plant pathology, 15(6), 550-562 (2013-12-11)
Treatment with the resistance priming inducer hexanoic acid (Hx) protects tomato plants from Botrytis cinerea by activating defence responses. To investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying hexanoic acid-induced resistance (Hx-IR), we compared the expression profiles of three different conditions: Botrytis-infected plants
Buddhadev Layek et al.
Molecular pharmaceutics, 11(3), 982-994 (2014-02-07)
Gene therapy holds immense potential as a future therapeutic strategy for the treatment of numerous genetic diseases which are incurable to date. Nevertheless, safe and efficient gene delivery remains the most challenging aspects of gene therapy. To overcome this difficulty
Enantioselective biocatalytic formal α-amination of hexanoic acid to l-norleucine
Dennig A, et al.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 16(43), 8030-8033 (2018)
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