4-Hydroxybutyric acid

Base Information

• Chemical Name: 4-Hydroxybutyric acid
• CAS No.: 30470-15-6
• Molecular Formula: C₈H₁₄O₄
• Molecular Weight: 174.197
• Mol file: 30470-15-6.mol

Synonyms:Butyricacid, 4-hydroxy-, butyrate (8CI)

Chemical Property of 4-Hydroxybutyric acid

Chemical Property:

• Boiling Point: 299.0±23.0 °C(Predicted)
• PKA: 4.51±0.10(Predicted)
• PSA: 63.60000
• Density: 1.097±0.06 g/cm3(Predicted)
• LogP: 1.19450

Purity/Quality:

99%min ^*data from raw suppliers

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Technology Process of 4-Hydroxybutyric acid

There total 2 articles about 4-Hydroxybutyric acid which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

Butyric acid 4-oxo-butyl ester (30563-51-0) → 4-Butyryloxy-butyric acid (30470-15-6)

Guidance literature:

With oxygen; cobalt(II) acetate;

Reference yield:

butanoic acid 4-pentenyl ester (30563-31-6) → 4-Butyryloxy-butyric acid (30470-15-6)

Guidance literature:

Multi-step reaction with 2 steps

1: (i) O₃, AcOH, (ii) Zn, H₂O

2: O₂ / Co(OAc)2

With oxygen; cobalt(II) acetate;

upstream raw materials:

Butyric acid 4-oxo-butyl ester

butanoic acid 4-pentenyl ester