Crystal structure of (E)-pent-2-enoic acid

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Date
2015
Volume
E71
Issue
5
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Chester : International Union of Crystallography
Abstract

The mol­ecule of the title compound, C5H8O2, a low-melting [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated carb­oxy­lic acid, is essentially planar [maximum displacement = 0.0239 (13) Å]. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked into centrosymmetric dimers via pairs of O-H...O hydrogen bonds.

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Crystal structure, Dimer, Hydrogen bond, Unsaturated carboxylic acid
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Peppel, T., Sonneck, M., Spannenberg, A., & Wohlrab, S. (2015). Crystal structure of (E)-pent-2-enoic acid. E71(5). https://doi.org//10.1107/S2056989015007203
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CC BY 2.0 UK