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Molecule record

glutaraldehyde

C5H8O2

100.12 g/mol

2D structure for glutaraldehyde

Molecular properties

Formula
C5H8O2
Molar mass
100.12 g·mol−1
Exact mass
100.0524 Da
2
0
2
34.10 Ų
-0.5 (PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptor)
CAS
111-30-8
PubChem CID
3485

Interactions

Polarity
Polar functional group with nonpolar contribution from the carbon skeleton.
Acid-base behavior
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Intermolecular forces
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Functional groups

Aldehyde

Physical properties

PropertyValueConditionsSource
Logp-0.5PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptorPubChem(link only)

Common names and synonyms

  • 1,3-Diformylpropane
  • 1,5-Pentanedial
  • 1,5-Pentanedione
  • 111-30-8
  • Aldehyd glutarowy
  • Aldesan
  • Aldesen
  • Alhydex
Show all 23 synonyms
  • Cidex 7
  • Glutaclean
  • Glutaral
  • Glutaraldehyd
  • Glutaralum
  • Glutardialdehyde
  • Glutaric acid dialdehyde
  • Glutaric aldehyde
  • Glutaric dialdehyde
  • Hospex
  • Pentanedial
  • Sonacide
  • Sterihyde
  • Sterihyde L
  • Ucarcide

Structure identifiers

Canonical SMILES
C(CC=O)CC=O
Isomeric SMILES
C(CC=O)CC=O
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H8O2/c6-4-2-1-3-5-7/h4-5H,1-3H2
InChIKey
SXRSQZLOMIGNAQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID
3485

Spectroscopy

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IR spectrum

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Simulated FTIR trace

Predicted FTIR / %T

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Peak assignments

1725 cm−1C=O aldehyde (simulated)
2720 cm−1aldehyde C-H (simulated)
2960 cm−1sp3 C-H (simulated)

Simulated NMR

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Simulated EI mass spectrum

On-demand educational fragmentation for glutaraldehyde; not experimental data.

Sources

Molecule identity

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simulated IR

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