2-Hydroxyglutaric acid - ≥95% , CAS No.2889-31-8

CAS: 2889-31-8 Cat. No.: H1369809 Molecular Weight: 148.11 PubChem CID: 43

GRADE & PURITY ≥95%

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Specifications

Specifications & Purity

≥95%

Storage

Store at -20°C

Shipped In

Ice chest + Ice pads

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Action Type

INHIBITOR

Purity

≥95%

Names and Identifiers

• Canonical Smiles: C(CC(=O)O)C(C(=O)O)O
• IUPAC Name: 2-hydroxypentanedioic acid
• InChIKey: HWXBTNAVRSUOJR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• INCHI: 1S/C5H8O5/c6-3(5(9)10)1-2-4(7)8/h3,6H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)
• Isomeric SMILES: C(CC(=O)O)C(C(=O)O)O
• PubChem CID: 43
• Molecular Weight: 148.11

Taxonomic Classification

Taxonomy Tree

• Kingdom Organic compounds
  • Superclass Organic acids and derivatives
    • Class Hydroxy acids and derivatives
      • Subclass Short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives

• Kingdom: Organic compounds
• Superclass: Organic acids and derivatives
• Class: Hydroxy acids and derivatives
• Subclass: Short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives
• Intermediate Tree Nodes: Not available
• Direct Parent: Short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives
• Alternative Parents: Monosaccharides Fatty acids and conjugates Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives Alpha hydroxy acids and derivatives Secondary alcohols Carboxylic acids Organic oxides Hydrocarbon derivatives Carbonyl compounds
• Molecular Framework: Aliphatic acyclic compounds
• Substituents: Short-chain hydroxy acid - Fatty acid - Monosaccharide - Dicarboxylic acid or derivatives - Alpha-hydroxy acid - Secondary alcohol - Carboxylic acid - Carboxylic acid derivative - Organic oxygen compound - Organic oxide - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organooxygen compound - Carbonyl group - Alcohol - Aliphatic acyclic compound
• Description: This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives. These are hydroxy acids with an alkyl chain the contains less than 6 carbon atoms.
• External Descriptors: 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acid

Data sources

1. Djoumbou Feunang Y, Eisner R, Knox C, Chepelev L, Hastings J, Owen G, Fahy E, Steinbeck C, Subramanian S, Bolton E, Greiner R, and Wishart DS. ClassyFire: Automated Chemical Classification With A Comprehensive, Computable Taxonomy. Journal of Cheminformatics, 2016, 8:61.

DOI: 10.1186/s13321-016-0174-y

Chemical and Physical Properties

• Molecular Weight: 148.110 g/mol
• XLogP3: -1.000
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 3
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 5
• Rotatable Bond Count: 4
• Exact Mass: 148.037 Da
• Monoisotopic Mass: 148.037 Da
• Topological Polar Surface Area: 94.800 Ų
• Heavy Atom Count: 10
• Formal Charge: 0
• Complexity: 141.000
• Isotope Atom Count: 0
• Defined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0
• Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count: 1
• Defined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
• The total count of all stereochemical bonds: 0
• Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 1

References

1. Wenhao Hou, Qian Xu, Yuqing Niu, Yaqi Liu, Yun Ju, Jing He, Jie Jiang, Lina Qiao, Hongbin Xie, Hong Zhang.  (2026)  Regulating CO and CC reduction by positively charged ions in water microdroplets.  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering,  14  (1): (121009).  [PMID:] [10.1016/j.jece.2025.121009]