Fatty acid

DATA No : DFA0271 INFORMANT : Tetsuyuki Kobayashi

NAME : D(-)-3-Hydroxybutyric acid

COMMON NAME	:	b-Hydroxybutyric acid
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FORMULA	:	C₄H₈O₃ MOL.WT (average) : 104.105

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BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

MELTING POINT	:	49-50 C

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SOLUBILITY	:	very soluble in ethanol, ether and water ; insoluble in benzene.(Ref. 0385)

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CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

Synthetic, by (1) reduction and hydrolysis of ethyl acetoacetate, (2) direct oxidation of butyric acid (see entry 4) by H₂O₂, (3) partial oxidation of aldol.

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REFERENCES

[0385]

AUTHOR	:	Ottaway, J. H.
TITLE	:	A preparation of D(-)-beta-hydroxybutyric acid PubMed ID:14482745
JOURNAL	:	Biochem J.
VOL	:	84 PAGE : 11-12 (1962)

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