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Sigma-Aldrich

2-Ethyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid

99%

Synonym(s):

2-Ethyl-2-hydroxybutanoic acid, 2-Hydroxy-2-ethylbutanoic acid

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Linear Formula:
(C2H5)2C(OH)CO2H
CAS Number:
3639-21-2
Molecular Weight:
132.16
EC Number:
222-867-6
MDL number:
MFCD00004183
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24848357
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

99%

mp

79-82 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCC(O)(CC)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C6H12O3/c1-3-6(9,4-2)5(7)8/h9H,3-4H2,1-2H3,(H,7,8)

InChI key

LXVSANCQXSSLPA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

2-Ethyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid forms 99mTc complexes.

Application

2-Ethyl-2-hydroxybutyric acid was used as internal standard during quantification of medium-chain-length bacterial poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) by gas chromatography. It was used as ligand to study the effect of anionic and cationic surfactants on kinetics of electron transfer reaction from organic sulfides to [CrV(ehba)2]- (ehba=2-ethyl-2-hydroxy butyric acid).

Pictograms

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GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H335

Hazard Classifications

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

Target Organs

Respiratory system

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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F Colombo et al.
International journal of radiation applications and instrumentation. Part A, Applied radiation and isotopes, 41(2), 221-227 (1990-01-01)
99mTc complexes of 2-ethyl-2-hydrobutyric acid, 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid and (+)- and (-)-citramalic acid are readily prepared in high yield and high purity by reduction of 99mTcO4- in the presence of excess ligand. The resulting agents are very stable in vitro, but
P da Cruz Fresco et al.
Carcinogenesis, 15(9), 1773-1778 (1994-09-01)
A detailed study of the ability of chromate in combination with ascorbate to induce DNA single-strand breaks in the absence of iron(II) and copper(II) has been carried out. In solutions containing 1 mM ascorbate and chromate in the range 0.1-1
[Incidence and excretion alpha-ethyl-alpha-hydroxybutyric acid after carbromal intake].
G SCHMIDT
Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archiv fur experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie, 229(1), 67-74 (1956-01-01)
Patrick Furrer et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1143(1-2), 199-206 (2007-01-16)
Standard chromatographic methods for the quantification of bacterial poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA) proved to be inappropriate for the analysis of medium-chain-length PHA (mcl-PHA). Transesterification catalyzed by protic acids is not quantitative for mcl-PHA under common conditions due to slow reaction kinetics and
Micellar effect on the electron transfer reaction of chromium (V) ion with organic sulfides.
Bosco JRB, et al.
Tetrahedron, 61(19), 4679-4687 (2005)
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