Levulinic Acid.
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ABSTRACT: The title compound (systematic name
4-oxo-penta-noic acid), C5H8O3, is close to planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0762?Å). In the crystal, the mol-ecules inter-act via O-H?O hydrogen bonds in which the hy-droxy O atoms act as donors and the ketone O atoms in adjacent mol-ecules as acceptors, forming C(7) chains along [20-1].
SUBMITTER: Hachula B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3884454 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Levulinic Acid.
Hachuła Barbara B Polasz Anna A Dzida Marzena M Nowak Maria M Kusz Joachim J
Acta crystallographica. Section E, Structure reports online 20130810 Pt 9
<h4>The title compound (systematic name</h4>4-oxo-penta-noic acid), C5H8O3, is close to planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0762 Å). In the crystal, the mol-ecules inter-act via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds in which the hy-droxy O atoms act as donors and the ketone O atoms in adjacent mol-ecules as acceptors, forming C(7) chains along [20-1]. ...[more]
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