Levulinic Acid.

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