
alpha-Methylene butyrolactone
Alpha-methylene gamma-butyrolactone is a butan-4-olide having a methylene group at the 3-position. It has a role as an anti-ulcer drug and a gastrointestinal drug. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 3-methylideneoxolan-2-one
- Molecular formula
- C5H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 98.10 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 98.036779430 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.8
- Topological polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:104120
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL275748
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID2074663
- PubMed:22734694
- PubMed:22526727
- PubMed:22247601
- PubMed:22096324
- PubMed:22070869
- PubMed:21625597
- PubMed:21620534
- PubMed:21517115
- PubMed:21488628
- PubMed:20113426
- PubMed:20026180
- PubMed:19938025
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