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hydroxyacetic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2-hydroxyacetic acid, hydroxyethanoic Acid, alpha-hydroxyacetic acid, glycollic acid, α-hydroxyacetic acid, alpha-hydroxyacetate, HOCH2COOH, 2-hydroxyethanoic acid
chemical compound
OverviewAI-generated
Hydroxyacetic acid, also identified by the IUPAC name 2-hydroxyacetic acid, is a chemical compound with the formula C₂H₄O₃. Its canonical SMILES notation is C(C(=O)O)O. The substance has a mass of 76.016 and a molecular weight of 76.05. It is a neutral molecule with a charge of 0.
Physical properties include a melting point of 79.5 and a boiling point of 100. The compound has an xlogp value of -1.1 and a topological polar surface area (TPSA) of 57.5. It contains two hydrogen bond donors and three hydrogen bond acceptors.
In scientific literature, hydroxyacetic acid is the subject of 12,180 PubMed entries. The compound is referenced by 154 other encyclopedia articles.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H4O3
- Molecular weight
- 76.05 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-hydroxyacetic acid
- SMILES
- C(C(=O)O)O
- InChIKey
- AEMRFAOFKBGASW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.1
- Polar surface area
- 57.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
12,180 papers- Glycolic Acid.2006
- Basic chemical peeling: Superficial and medium-depth peels.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2019
- Chemical Peels for Melasma: A Systematic Review.Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] · 2024
- Glycolic acid peels.Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] · 1996
- Isolation and characterization of beta-hydroxypropionic acid- and hydroxyacetic acid-uroporphyrin I in the urine of a patient with congenital erythropoietic porphyria by high performance liquid chromatography and liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry.Biomedical chromatography : BMC · 1990
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- alpha hydroxy acid
- Mass
- 76.016
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- monomer of
- PLGA
- found in taxon
- Arabidopsis thaliana
- canonical SMILES
- C(C(=O)O)O
- chemical formula
- C₂H₄O₃
- Commons category
- Glycolic acid
- subject has role
- primary metabolite
- melting point
- 79.5
- boiling point
- 100
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Encyclopedic overview
Glycolic acid
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hydroxyacetic acid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.