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Caproic acid
SpectraBase Compound ID 3JrFFcFwgRv
InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6(7)8/h2-5H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey FUZZWVXGSFPDMH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 116.16 g/mol
Molecular Formula C6H12O2
Exact Mass 116.08373 g/mol
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Technique Crystalline layer between CsI; Refrigerated cell (233 K)
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Technique Layer between KBr
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Technique Neat
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Technique Between salts
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Technique Between salts
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Solvent CDCl3; Reference=TMS; Temperature 297K
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian HA-100/Digilab FT-NMR-3
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Solvent CDCL3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CCl4
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CCl4
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CCl4
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CCl4
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Source of Spectrum G4-74-627-627-6
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Source of Spectrum G4-76-69-n-hexanoic acid
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-423-4
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  • Hexanoic acid
  • Acid C6
  • n-Hexanoic acid
  • Capronic acid
  • n-Caproic acid
  • Butylacetic acid
  • HEXANSAEURE
  • HEXANOIC ACID (99.5%)
  • HEXOIC ACID
  • Caproic acid, hexanoic acid
Title Journal or Book Year
Biosynthesis of the fungal metabolite, piliformic acid (2-hexylidene-3-methylsuccinic acid) Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 1997
Reactions of hydriodic acid with aldonolactones and n-alkanolactones. Interconversions between lactones and iodocarboxylic acids Canadian Journal of Chemistry 1992
Carbon-13 chemical shifts of some model carboxylic acids and esters Organic Magnetic Resonance 1978

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