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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
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
- Mass
- 76.016
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- canonical SMILES
- C(C(=O)O)O
- chemical formula
- C₂H₄O₃
- Commons category
- Glycolic acid
- melting point
- 79.5
- boiling point
- 100
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