Butyric acid
  • CAS Number 107-92-6
  • Catalog Number io-1892
  • Classification Acids
  • Molecular Weight 88.1100
  • SMILES CCCC(=O)O
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Butyric acid is a straight-chain saturated fatty acid that is butane in which one of the terminal methyl groups has been oxidised to a carboxy group. It has a role as a Mycoplasma genitalium metabolite and a human urinary metabolite. It is a straight-chain saturated fatty acid and a fatty acid 4:0. It is a conjugate acid of a butyrate.

1 butyric acid
2 butanoic acid
3 n-Butyric acid
4 n-Butanoic acid
5 propylformic acid
Molecular Formula C4H8O2
Canonical SMILES CCCC(=O)O
Isomeric SMILES CCCC(=O)O
Molecular Weight 88.1100
InChIKey FERIUCNNQQJTOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-2-3-4(5)6/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,5,6)
XLogP 0.8000
ExactMass 88.0524
MonoisotopicMass 88.0524
TPSA 37.3000
Complexity 49.0000
Charge 0.0000
HBondDonorCount 1
HBondAcceptorCount 2
RotatableBondCount 2
HeavyAtomCount 6
IsotopeAtomCount 0
AtomStereoCount 0
DefinedAtomStereoCount 0
UndefinedAtomStereoCount 0
BondStereoCount 0
DefinedBondStereoCount 0
UndefinedBondStereoCount 0
CovalentUnitCount 1
PatentCount 42118
PatentFamilyCount 19920
LiteratureCount 20670