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75950

2-Oxovaleric acid

≥98.0% (T)

Synonym(s):

α-Ketovaleric acid, 2-Oxopentanoic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2CH2COCOOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
116.12
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
217-340-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
635884
MDL number:
Assay:
≥98.0% (T)
Form:
liquid
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Quality Level

assay

≥98.0% (T)

form

liquid

bp

88-90 °C/12 mmHg (lit.)

mp

7-9 °C (lit.)

density

1.110 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid, ketone

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCC(=O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C5H8O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)

InChI key

KDVFRMMRZOCFLS-UHFFFAOYSA-N



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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

201.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

94 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter



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Carmen Martínez-Cuesta et al.
FEMS microbiology letters, 217(1), 109-113 (2002-11-26)
The effect of the bacteriocin lacticin 3147 on the branched-chain amino acid transamination by Lactococcus lactis IFPL359 was investigated. The bacteriocin provokes membrane permeabilisation of the cells, rendering them non-viable but metabolically active. Free diffusion of amino acids into the
Z J Wang et al.
Journal of chromatography, 430(2), 223-231 (1988-09-09)
A simple and highly sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the determination of alpha-keto acids in human serum and urine is described. In an acidic solution, twelve species of alpha-keto acids examined were converted by reaction with 1,2-diamino-4,5-methylenedioxy-benzene into
Tara Kearney et al.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 52(1), 50-59 (2003-01-14)
In this study, we concurrently examined the effects of 8 and 40 weeks of growth hormone replacement (GHR) on lipids, lipoprotein composition, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) size, very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) apolipoprotein (apo)B kinetics and LDL apoB kinetics. Eight weeks of GHR