
Ethyl isobutyrate
Ethyl isobutyrate is a fatty acid ethyl ester obtained by the formal condensation of isobutyric acid with ethanol. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is functionally related to an isobutyric acid. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- ethyl 2-methylpropanoate
- Molecular formula
- C6H12O2
- Molecular weight
- 116.16 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 116.083729621 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.5
- 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:87303
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL295870
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID7047728
- PubMed:22645430
- PubMed:22497266
- PubMed:22120647
- PubMed:22117816
- PubMed:22117650
- PubMed:22116759
- PubMed:22093681
- PubMed:21882683
- PubMed:21831389
- PubMed:21799756
- PubMed:21727038
- PubMed:21535802
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