Molecular properties
- Formula
- C5H10O3
- Molar mass
- 118.13 g·mol−1
- Exact mass
- 118.0630 Da
- 1
- PubChem CID
- 7344
Molecule record
ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate
C5H10O3
118.13 g/mol
Loading structure
Functional groups
Alcohol
Alkane / alkyl carbon
Ester
Ether
Physical properties
No source-backed physical properties are curated for this molecule yet.
Common names and synonyms
- (+-)-ETHYL LACTATE
- (+-)-Ethyl 2-hydroxypropionate
- 2-Hydroxypropanoic acid ethyl ester
- 202-598-0
- 97-64-3
- Actylol
- Acytol
- CHEBI:78321
Show all 24 synonyms
- DTXCID509127
- DTXSID6029127
- ETHYL LACTATE
- Ethyl 2-hydroxypropionate
- Ethyl alpha-hydroxypropionate
- Ethylester kyseliny mlecne
- F3P750VW8I
- FEMA No. 2440
- Lactate d'ethyle
- Lactic acid, ethyl ester
- NSC-8850
- PURASOLV ELS
- Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, ethyl ester
- RefChem:138976
- Solactol
- VERTECBIO EL
Structure identifiers
- Canonical SMILES
- CCOC(=O)C(C)O
- Isomeric SMILES
- CCOC(=O)C(C)O
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-3-8-5(7)4(2)6/h4,6H,3H2,1-2H3
- InChIKey
- LZCLXQDLBQLTDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem CID
- 7344
Spectroscopy
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No redistributable or simulated spectroscopy record is attached yet.
Simulated NMR
On-demand educational prediction for ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate; not experimental data.
Simulated EI mass spectrum
On-demand educational fragmentation for ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate; not experimental data.
Sources
Molecule identity
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