Showa Kako Corporation

Lactic acid

• Category :

  Pharmaceuticals and Biochemicals

• Synonyms :

  2-Hydroxypropanoic acid;2-Hydroxypropionic acid;Lactic acid;Lactic acid, dl-;Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-;(RS)-2-Hydroxypropionsaeure;1-Hydroxyethanecarboxylic acid;AI3-03130;Acidum lacticum;BRN 5238667;CCRIS 2951;Lactovagan;Tonsillosan;alpha-Hydroxypropionic acid;2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoic acid;(2S)-2-hydroxypropanoate;(2R)-2-hydroxypropanoate;

• CAS NO :

  50-21-5

• EC NO :

  200-018-0;209-954-4

• Molecular Formula :

  C₃H₆O₃

• Molecular Weight :

  90.0705

• Main Specifications :

• InChI :

  InChI=1/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)/p-1/t2-/m1/s1

• Product description :

  A colorless to yellow odorless syrupy liquid.In dyeing baths, as mordant in printing woolen goods, solvent for water in sol dyes (alc-sol induline, nigrosine, spirt-blue, manufacture cheese, confectionery, acidulant in beverages, reducing chromates in mordanting wool, for acidulating worts in brewing, for removing clostridium butyricum in manufacture of yeast, dehairing, plumping & decalcifying hides, solvent for cellulose formate, flux for soft solder, manufacture lactates which are used in food products, in medicine & as solvents, plasticicer catalyst in casting of phenolaldehyde resins.

• Molecular Structure :