4-Methyl-2-hexenoic acid
[CAS# 37549-83-0]

Identification

• Name: 4-Methyl-2-hexenoic acid
• Molecular Formula: C₇H₁₂O₂
• Molecular Weight: 128.17
• CAS Registry Number: 37549-83-0

Properties

• Solubility: Slightly soluble (2.4 g/L) (25 ºC), Calc.^*
• Density: 0.965±0.06 g/cm³ (20 ºC 760 Torr), Calc.^*
• Melting point: 111 ºC^**
• Boiling point: 125 ºC (13 Torr)^***
• Refractive index: 1.46601 (14.2 ºC)^**
• Flash point: 125.1±9.6 ºC, Calc.^*

^* Calculated using Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs) Software V11.02 (©1994-2013 ACD/Labs)

^** v. Auwers, K.; Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 1923, V434, P140-65.

^*** Linstead, Reginald P.; Journal of the Chemical Society 1930, P2064-73.