butane-2,3-diol
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2,3-butanodiol, 2,3-dihydroxybutane, 2,3-butanediol, dimethylene glycol, 2,3-butylene glycol, pseudobutylene glycol, 2,3-butandiol, sym-dimethylethylene glycol
2,3-Butanediol is the organic compound with the formula (CH3CHOH)2. It is classified as a vic-diol (glycol). It exists as three stereoisomers, a chiral pair and the meso isomer. All are colorless liquids. Applications include precursors to various plastics and pesticides.
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- Mass
- 90.068
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(C(C)O)O
- chemical formula
- C₄H₁₀O₂
- found in taxon
- Alliaria petiolata
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- 2,3-Butanediol
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- Isomerism
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2,3-Butanediol is the organic compound with the formula (CH3CHOH)2. It is classified as a vic-diol (glycol). It exists as three stereoisomers, a chiral pair and the meso isomer. All are colorless liquids. Applications include precursors to various plastics and pesticides.
==Isomerism== Of the three stereoisomers, two are enantiomers (levo- and dextro-2,3-butanediol) and one is a meso compound. The enantiomeric pair have (2R, 3R) and (2S, 3S) configurations at carbons 2 and 3, while the meso compound has configuration (2R, 3S) or, equivalently, (2S, 3R).
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