
Methacrylic Acid
Methacrylic acid is an alpha,beta-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid that is acrylic acid in which the hydrogen at position 2 is substituted by a methyl group. It is functionally related to an acrylic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a methacrylate. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-methylprop-2-enoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C4H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 86.09 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 86.036779430 Da
- XLogP3
- 0.9
- Topological polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:25219
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1213531
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID3025542
- PubMed:23121965
- PubMed:23080400
- PubMed:23066213
- PubMed:23035481
- PubMed:23032082
- PubMed:23018132
- PubMed:23010830
- PubMed:23001514
- PubMed:22996033
- PubMed:22995639
- PubMed:22975189
- PubMed:22968474
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