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2-Hydroxyhexanoic acid

98%

Synonym(s):

DL-α-Hydroxycaproic acid

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3CH(OH)CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
132.16
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98%

mp

60-62 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCCCC(O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C6H12O3/c1-2-3-4-5(7)6(8)9/h5,7H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)

InChI key

NYHNVHGFPZAZGA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Solubility of 2-hydroxyhexanoic acid in supercritical CO2 has been studied.

Application

2-Hydroxyhexanoic acid was used in the synthesis of aliphatic copolyesters.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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J B Brooks et al.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 25(2), 445-448 (1987-02-01)
Serum (SR) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from a patient suspected of having tuberculous meningitis were submitted to our laboratory for analysis by frequency-pulsed electron capture gas-liquid chromatography (FPEC GLC). The samples were tested for the presence of carboxylic acids, alcohols
L I Woolf et al.
Journal of chromatography, 231(2), 237-245 (1982-09-10)
Plasma or whole blood is treated with o-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride in phosphoric acid under conditions found spectrophotometrically to give maximum yields of the quinoxalinols. The quinoxalinols are extracted and, after removing phosphoric acid, etc., silylated with bis-trimethylsilyltrifluoracetamide in acetonitrile. Other solvents
Solubilities of lactic acid and 2-hydroxyhexanoic acid in supercritical CO2.
Gregorowicz J.
Fluid Phase Equilibria, 166(1), 39-46 (1999)
Hui Liu et al.
Environmental technology, 38(21), 2639-2649 (2016-12-15)
Carbon substrate is required by biological nutrient removal (BNR) microorganism, but it is usually insufficient in the influent of many municipal wastewater treatment plants. In this study the use of ethanol-enriched fermentation liquid, which was derived from dairy wastewater, as
Grazyna Adamus et al.
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 18(13), 1436-1446 (2004-06-25)
A series of aliphatic copolyesters was obtained from (R,S)-beta-butyrolactone and two isomeric hydroxy acids, 6-hydroxyhexanoic and (R,S)-2-hydroxyhexanoic acids. The reactions were conducted in bulk without catalyst. Electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MSn) was used for molecular characterization of these copolyester

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