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Fatty acid

DATA No : DFA0386 INFORMANT : Tetsuyuki Kobayashi
NAME : 2-Oxobutyric acid
COMMON NAME: 3-Methylpyruvic acid
SYMBOL:
FORMULA: C4H6O3 MOL.WT (average) : 102.089

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BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
MELTING POINT:31-32degC
BOILING POINT:74-78degC at 25 mm Hg
REFRACTIVE INDEX:
OPTICAL ROTATION:
DENSITY:d4-201.3974
SOLUBILITY:miscible in all proportions with water. (Ref. 0095)/(Ref. 0212)/(Ref. 0433)
SPECTRAL DATA
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CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
Synthetic
METABOLISM

GENETIC INFORMATION

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REFERENCES
[0095]
AUTHOR:Bouveault, K., and Locquin, R.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:C.R.Acad.Sci.
VOL:135 PAGE : 181 - (1902)
[TOP]
[0212]
AUTHOR:Handford, W. E., et al.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:U. S. Pat.
VOL:2 PAGE : 340745 - (1944)
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[0433]
AUTHOR:Schreiber, R. S.
TITLE:
JOURNAL:C. R. Acid. Sci.
VOL:218 PAGE : 464 - (1944)
[TOP]
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