3-METHYL-2-HEXENOIC ACID Chemical Properties

Melting point:

-9.25°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

237.28°C (estimate)

Density 

0.9658 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.4273 (estimate)

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), DMSO (Slightly)

form 

Low-Melting Solid

pka

5.20±0.33(Predicted)

color 

White to Off-White

Safety Information

Risk Statements 

34

Safety Statements 

26-36/37/39

RIDADR 

3265

3-METHYL-2-HEXENOIC ACID Usage And Synthesis

Uses

(2E)-3-Methyl-2-hexenoic Acid, is a building block used in various chemical synthesis. It has also have a cheesy, fatty, herbal, warm odor, and is applied to cheesy, berry and fruity flavorings.

Definition

ChEBI: (2E)-3-methylhex-2-enoic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid that is (2E)-hexenoic acid in which the hydrogen at position 3 has been replaced by a methyl group. A malodourous component in the sweat of schizophrenics. It is a short-chain fatty acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid and an alpha,beta-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid. It is functionally related to a (2E)-hexenoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a (2E)-3-methylhex-2-enoate.

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• CYMARIN
• G-STROPHANTHIN
• RUBRATOXIN B
• Digitoxin
• GITOXIN
• LANATOSIDE B
• DIGITOXIGENIN
• DIGOXIN
• 3,4,5,6-Tetrahydrophthalic anhydride
• GITOXIGENIN
• 5-Methyl-2-hexenoic acid methyl ester
• Mycophenolic acid
• 5-METHYL-5-HEXENOIC ACID
• 2-METHYL-2-HEXENOIC ACID
• PENTAMETHYL CYCLOPENTADIENE-1,2,3,4,5-PENTACARBOXYLATE
• 1-CYCLOPENTENE-1,2-DICARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE