The (R)-2-Hydroxymethylbutanoic acid ,its cas register number is 72604-79-6.It also can be called as Butanoic acid,2-(hydroxymethyl)-, (2R)- and the Systematic name about this chemical is (2R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)butanoic acid .

Following are the chemical properties about (R)-2-Hydroxymethylbutanoic acid :(1)#H bond acceptors: 3 ; (2)#H bond donors: 2 ; (3)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 4; (4)Polar Surface Area: 57.53Ų ; (5)Index of Refraction: 1.458 ; (6)Molar Refractivity: 28.271 cm³ ; (7)Molar Volume: 103.578 cm³ ; (8)Polarizability: 11.208x10^-24cm³ ; (9)Surface Tension: 44.147 dyne/cm ; (10)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 57 kJ/mol ; (11)Vapour Pressure: 0.003 mmHg at 25°C

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This chemical can be described computed from structure:
(1)SMILES: O=C(O)[C@H](CC)CO
(2)InChI: InChI=1/C5H10O3/c1-2-4(3-6)5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)/t4-/m1/s1
(3)InChIKey: ZMZQVAUJTDKQGE-SCSAIBSYBV
(4)Std. InChI: InChI=1S/C5H10O3/c1-2-4(3-6)5(7)8/h4,6H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)/t4-/m1/s1
(5)Std. InChIKey: ZMZQVAUJTDKQGE-SCSAIBSYSA-N