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isobutyraldehyde
Sign in to saveAlso known as isobutanal, alpha-methylpropionaldehyde, isobutyric aldehyde, isobutylaldehyde, 2-methylpropionaldehyde, 2-methylpropanal, isobutyl aldehyde, iso-butyraldehyde
Isobutyraldehyde is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3)2CHCHO. It is an aldehyde, isomeric with n-butyraldehyde (butanal). Isobutyraldehyde is made, often as a side-product, by the hydroformylation of propene. Its odour is described as that of wet cereal or straw. It undergoes the Cannizzaro reaction even though it has alpha hydrogen atom. It is a colorless volatile liquid.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8O
- Molecular weight
- 72.11 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methylpropanal
- SMILES
- CC(C)C=O
- InChIKey
- AMIMRNSIRUDHCM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.8
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- oxygen
- Mass
- 72.058
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₈O
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)C=O
- Commons category
- Isobutyraldehyde
- melting point
- -65.9
- ionization energy
- 9.71
- boiling point
- 64.5
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Synthesis
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Isobutyraldehyde is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3)2CHCHO. It is an aldehyde, isomeric with n-butyraldehyde (butanal). Isobutyraldehyde is made, often as a side-product, by the hydroformylation of propene. Its odour is described as that of wet cereal or straw. It undergoes the Cannizzaro reaction even though it has alpha hydrogen atom. It is a colorless volatile liquid.
==Synthesis== Isobutyraldehyde is produced industrially by the hydroformylation of propene. Several million tons are produced annually.
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