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2-Methylbutyric acid

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

NSC 7304

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
C2H5CH(CH3)CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
102.13
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

vapor pressure

0.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

≥97.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

refractive index

n20/D 1.405 (lit.)

bp

176-177 °C (lit.)

density

0.936 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

format

neat

SMILES string

CCC(C)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C5H10O2/c1-3-4(2)5(6)7/h4H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7)

InChI key

WLAMNBDJUVNPJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

2-Methylbutyric acid belongs to the class of compounds known as organic acids, which are the key components responsible for the quality as well as the nutritional value of food products. It is abundantly found in various fruit-based beverages.

Application

2-Methylbutyric acid may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in foodstuffs, wine, and fruit-based beverages by various chromatography techniques.

Pictograms

CorrosionExclamation mark

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Met. Corr. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

170.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

77 °C - closed cup


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.

FSL

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

JAN Code

49659-BULK:
49659-1ML:
49659-VAR:


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Prevalence, concentration, spoilage, and mitigation of Alicyclobacillus spp. in tropical and subtropical fruit juice concentrates
Danyluk MD, et al.
Food Microbiology, 28(3), 472-477 (2011)
Gas chromatographic- Olfactometric characterization of aroma compounds in two types of cashew apple nectar
Valim MF, et al.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 51(4), 1010-1015 (2003)
Fast headspace-enantioselective GC-mass spectrometric-multivariate statistical method for routine authentication of flavoured fruit foods
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A new method for the determination of short-chain fatty acids from the aliphatic series in wines by headspace solid-phase microextraction-gas chromatography-ion trap mass spectrometry
Olivero SJP and Trujillo JPP
Analytica Chimica Acta, 696(1-2), 59-66 (2011)

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