2-Oxopent-4-enoic acid

2-Oxopent-4-enoic acid

Names
IUPAC name 2-Oxo-4-pentenoic acid
Other names Oxopentenoate; 2-Keto-4-pentenoate; 2-Keto-4-pentenoic acid; 2-Oxopent-4-enoate
Identifiers
ChemSpider	951
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PubChem	976
InChI InChI=1S/C5H6O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h2H,1,3H2,(H,7,8) Key: NOXRYJAWRSNUJD-UHFFFAOYSA-N InChI=1/C5H6O3/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h2H,1,3H2,(H,7,8) Key: NOXRYJAWRSNUJD-UHFFFAOYAP
SMILES O=C(C(=O)O)C\C=C
Properties
Chemical formula	C5H6O3
Molar mass	114.10 g·mol^−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

2-Oxopent-4-enoic acid (2-oxopent-4-enoate) is formed by the dehydration of 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate by 2-oxopent-4-enoate hydratase or by the hydrolysis of 2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde by 2-hydroxymuconate-semialdehyde hydrolase.^[1]

References

1. Sala-Trepat JM, Evans WC (1971). "The meta cleavage of catechol by Azotobacter species 4-Oxalocrotonate pathway". Eur. J. Biochem. 20 (3): 400–13. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1971.tb01406.x. PMID 4325686.

External links

• Oxopentenoate, biocyc.org