Title: Diethylacetic Acid
CAS Registry Number: 88-09-5
CAS Name: 2-Ethylbutanoic acid
Molecular Formula: C6H12O2
Molecular Weight: 116.16
Percent Composition: C 62.04%, H 10.41%, O 27.55%
Line Formula: (CH3CH2)2CHCOOH
Properties: Colorless liq; odor somewhat resembling that of caproic acid. d418 0.920. bp 194-195°, also stated as 190°. mp ~-15°.
nD10 1.4179. Slightly sol in water; freely sol in alcohol or ether.
Melting point: mp ~-15°
Boiling point: bp 194-195°, also stated as 190°
Index of refraction: nD10 1.4179
Density: d418 0.920