| Name: | Acetoacetic Acid |
| Catalogue No. | VL5260001 |
| CAS No. | 541-50-4 |
| Molecular Formula | C4H6O3 |
| Molecular Weight | 102.09 g/mol |
| Status | In-Stock |
| IUPAC Name | 3-oxobutanoic acid |
| Description | Acetoacetic Acid or 3-oxobutanoic acid is of biochemical importance and its ketone body has revolutionary importance in intermediary metabolism that can be prepared by hydrolysis of freshly distilled ethyl acetoacetate according to the method of Ljunggren. |
| References | Hay, RW, and MA Bond. “Kinetics of the Decarboxylation of Acetoacetic Acid.” Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 20, no. 9, 1967, p. 1823, https://doi.org/10.1071/ch9671823. WILLIAMSON, DH, et al. “Enzymic Determination of D(−)-β-Hydroxybutyric Acid and Acetoacetic Acid in Blood.” Biochemical Journal, vol. 82, no. 1, Jan. 1962, pp. 90–96, https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0820090. |
