The Ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate with cas registry number of 20201-24-5 has an appearance of clear light yellow liquid. Both its systematic name and IUPAC name are the same which is called ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate. It also has an EINECS registry number which is 243-587-0.

The physical properties about this chemical are: (1)ACD/LogP: 0.93; (2)# of Rule of 5 Violations: 0; (3)ACD/LogD (pH 5.5): 0.93; (4)ACD/LogD (pH 7.4): 0.93; (5)ACD/BCF (pH 5.5): 2.98; (6)ACD/BCF (pH 7.4): 2.98; (7)ACD/KOC (pH 5.5): 76.08; (8)ACD/KOC (pH 7.4): 76.08; (9)#H bond acceptors: 3; (10)#H bond donors: 0; (11)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 4; (12)Index of Refraction: 1.413; (13)Molar Refractivity: 36.24 cm³; (14)Molar Volume: 145 cm³; (15)Surface Tension: 29.4 dyne/cm; (16)Density: 0.993 g/cm³; (17)Flash Point: 66.9 °C; (18)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 41.11 kJ/mol; (19)Boiling Point: 174.7 °C at 760 mmHg; (20)Vapour Pressure: 1.19 mmHg at 25°C; (21)Refractive index: 1.410.

Preparation of Ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate: this chemical can be made by DL-valine ethyl ester. This reaction also needs reagent MgBr₂ and solvent H₂O, CH₂Cl₂ and other conditions like Ambient temperature / / electrolysis with Pt / Pt, 3 F / mol. Yield is about 68%.

Uses of Ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxobutyrate: it can be used to produce 3-fluoro-3-methyl-2-oxo-butyric acid ethyl ester with reagent N-fluorobis <(trifluoromethyl) sulfonyl> imide and solvent CHCl₃ at temperature 22 ℃. The reaction time is about 27 hours with Yield of 95%.

When you are using this chemical, please be cautious about it as the following:
This chemical is flammable. Make sure keep away from sources of ignition. And store it at temperature of 0-6°C.

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure:
(1)SMILES: O=C(C(=O)OCC)C(C)C;
(2)InChI: InChI=1/C7H12O3/c1-4-10-7(9)6(8)5(2)3/h5H,4H2,1-3H3;
(3)InChIKey: CKTYYUQUWFEUCO-UHFFFAOYAP