2-Hydroxybutanoic Acid

CAS: 600-15-7

Ref. TR-H831185

Product Information

• Name: 2-Hydroxybutanoic Acid
• Synonyms: DL-2-Hydroxybutyric Acid, (RS)-2-Hydroxybutyric Acid, (±)-2-Hydroxy-n-butyric Acid, (±)-2-Hydroxybutyric Acid, (±)-a-Hydroxybutyric Acid, 2-Hydroxybutyric Acid, DL-2-Hydroxybutanoic Acid, DL-a-Hydroxybutyric Acid, NSC 6495, a-Hydroxy-n-butyric Acid, a-Hydroxybutanoic Acid, a-Hydroxybutyric Acid, DL-2-Hydroxybutyric Acid, (1)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid, (RS)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid, (±)-2-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid, (±)-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid, (±)-2-Hydroxybutyric acid, (±)-α-Hydroxybutyric acid, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-2-Hydroxybutanoic acid, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-2-Hydroxybutyric acid, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-α-Hydroxybutyric acid, Butanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, Butyric acid, 2-hydroxy-, <span class="text-smallcaps">DL</span>-, α-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid, α-Hydroxybutanoic acid

Description

Applications 2-Hydroxybutanoic Acid is an analyte used in the diagnoses of colorectal cancer as well as Type II diabetes. It is also used in the purification of the major Vibrio autoinducer and the study of its role in virulence factor production for cholera.
References Qiu, Y. et al.: J. Proteome Res., 8, 4844 (2009); Salek, R.. et al.: Phys. Genom., 29, 99, (2007); Higgins, D. et al.: Nature, 450, 883 (2007);

• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 104.1
• Formula: C₄H₈O₃
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
• InChI key: InChIKey=AFENDNXGAFYKQO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: CCC(O)C(=O)O