Molecular properties
- Formula
- C4H6O2
- Molar mass
- 86.09 g·mol−1
- Exact mass
- 86.0368 Da
- 2
- PubChem CID
- 7302
Molecule record
oxolan-2-one
C4H6O2
86.09 g/mol
Loading structure
Functional groups
Alkane / alkyl carbon
Ester
Ether
Physical properties
No source-backed physical properties are curated for this molecule yet.
Common names and synonyms
- 1,2-Butanolide
- 1,4-Butanolide
- 1,4-Lactone
- 2(3H)-Furanone, dihydro-
- 2-Oxolanone
- 4-Butanolide
- 4-Butyrolactone
- 4-Deoxytetronic acid
Show all 24 synonyms
- 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid lactone
- 4-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone
- 96-48-0
- Agrisynth BLO
- BLON
- BUTYROLACTONE
- Butyric acid lactone
- Butyryl lactone
- Butyrylactone
- Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone
- Dihydro-2-furanone
- Tetrahydro-2-furanone
- dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one
- gamma-BL
- gamma-Butyrolactone
- gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone
Structure identifiers
- Canonical SMILES
- O=C1CCCO1
- Isomeric SMILES
- C1CC(=O)OC1
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c5-4-2-1-3-6-4/h1-3H2
- InChIKey
- YEJRWHAVMIAJKC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem CID
- 7302
Spectroscopy
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Simulated NMR
On-demand educational prediction for oxolan-2-one; not experimental data.
Simulated EI mass spectrum
On-demand educational fragmentation for oxolan-2-one; not experimental data.
Sources
Molecule identity
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