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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 CAPILLARY CELL: NEAT
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Technique Cell
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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 CAPILLARY CELL: NEAT
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Technique Neat
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Technique Between salts
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Technique Between salts
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Catalog Number H12137
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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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Source of Spectrum Prof. Buback, University of Goettingen, Germany
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Catalog Number 153745
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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 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 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 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 CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Technique GC/MS
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Technique GC/MS
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Technique GC/MS
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Source of Spectrum Adams' Essential Oil Components (GC-MS), Version 4
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Source of Spectrum HE-1982-0-0
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Source of Spectrum NW-2951-0-0
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-428-4
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Source of Spectrum ACI-62-SM22-Figure S37-a (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306621)
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Source of Spectrum SRH-2022-9185-0
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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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Source of Spectrum UT-1990-1691-0
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Source of Spectrum D3-1980-829-25
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Source of Spectrum PR-1348-0-0
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Source of Spectrum UT-1990-1154-0
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Source of Spectrum EP-0-297-0
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Source of Spectrum O-21-609-69
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Source of Spectrum LQ-1992-3046-0
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Source of Spectrum MG-896-0-0
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Source of Spectrum LQ-1992-3950-0
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Source of Spectrum IC-93-0-0
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Source of Spectrum O-23-384-23
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Source of Spectrum F9-1990-1683-0
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Source of Spectrum X2-68-230-0
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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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