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isovaleraldehyde
Sign in to saveAlso known as 3-methylbutyraldehyde, beta-Methylbutanal, iso-C4H9CHO, Isovaleral, Isopentaldehyde, Isoamyl aldehyde, Isovalerylaldehyde, Methyl butanal
Isovaleraldehyde organic compound, also known as 3-methylbutanal, with the formula (CH3)2CHCH2CHO. It is an aldehyde, a colorless liquid at STP, and found in low concentrations in many types of food. Commercially it is used as a reagent for the production of pharmaceuticals, perfumes and pesticides.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H10O
- Molecular weight
- 86.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 3-methylbutanal
- SMILES
- CC(C)CC=O
- InChIKey
- YGHRJJRRZDOVPD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 86.073165
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- found in taxon
- Eucalyptus crenulata
- chemical formula
- C₅H₁₀O
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)CC=O
- melting point
- -51.0
- Commons category
- Isovaleraldehyde
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- Occurrences and uses
- References
Isovaleraldehyde organic compound, also known as 3-methylbutanal, with the formula (CH3)2CHCH2CHO. It is an aldehyde, a colorless liquid at STP, and found in low concentrations in many types of food. Commercially it is used as a reagent for the production of pharmaceuticals, perfumes and pesticides.
==Synthesis== Synthetic routes for the production of isovaleraldehyde vary. One method is by the hydroformylation of isobutene:
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