methyl lactate
2-hydroxypropanoic acid methyl ester
Identification
| Name | methyl lactate |
| CAS Number | 547-64-8 |
| EINECS | 208-930-0 |
| FDA UNII | H10S91526X |
| Molecular Formula | C4 H8 O3 |
| Molecular Weight | 104.10536000 |
| MDL Number | MFCD00066367 |
| Nikkaji Number | J2.650F |
| Beilstein | 1720586 |
Regulatory
Physical Properties
| Appearance | colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est) |
| Assay | 95.00 to 100.00 |
| Food Chemicals Codex Listed | No |
| Melting Point | -66.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg |
| Boiling Point | 145.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg |
| Vapor Pressure | 1.810000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
| logP (o/w) | -0.670 (est) |
| Soluble in | alcohol |
Cosmetic Information
| CosIng | cosmetic data |
| Cosmetic Uses | fragrance |
No sensory data available
Safety Information
| Preferred SDS | View |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity | intraperitoneal-rat LDLo > 2000 mg/kg |
| Dermal Toxicity | Not determined |
| Inhalation Toxicity | Not determined |
GHS Classification
['GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS)', 'GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements']
Safety in Use
| Category | cosmetic agents |
| RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment | Search |
| Recommendation for methyl lactate flavor usage levels up to | not for flavor use. |
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Natural Occurrence
Synonyms
2-
hydroxy-propionic acid methyl ester
2-
hydroxypropanoic acid methyl ester
lactic acid methyl ester
lactic acid, methyl ester
methyl 2-hydroxypropanoate
(+-)-
methyl 2-hydroxypropanoate
(±)-
methyl 2-hydroxypropanoate
methyl 2-hydroxypropionate
(+-)-
methyl 2-hydroxypropionate
(±)-
methyl 2-hydroxypropionate
methyl alpha-hydroxypropionate
methyl DL-lactate
(+-)-
methyl lactate
(±)-
methyl lactate
dextro,laevo-
methyl lactate
DL-
methyl lactate
propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, methyl ester, (+/-)-
PubMed:
Tin-containing Silicates: Alkali Salts Improve Methyl Lactate Yield from Sugars.
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Integration of rigid and flexible organic parts for the construction of a homochiral metal-organic framework with high porosity.
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Base-free, one-pot chemocatalytic conversion of glycerol to methyl lactate using supported gold catalysts.
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Biochemical studies on a versatile esterase that is most catalytically active with polyaromatic esters.
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Direct Spectroscopic detection of the orientation of free OH groups in methyl lactate-(water)(1,2) clusters: hydration of a chiral hydroxy ester.
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Highly active and recyclable Sn-MWW zeolite catalyst for sugar conversion to methyl lactate and lactic acid.
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Structural rearrangement in the formation of jet-cooled complexes of chiral (S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-isoquinolinemethanol with methyl lactate: chirality effect in conformer selection.
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Chirped-pulse and cavity-based Fourier transform microwave spectra of the methyl lactate···ammonia adduct.
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Chirality transfer in a methyl lactate-ammonia complex observed by matrix-isolation vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy.
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A new biosensor for chiral recognition using goat and rabbit serum albumin self-assembled quartz crystal microbalance.
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Lithium bis-(2-methyl-lactato)borate monohydrate.
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Synthesis of anti-HIV lithospermic acid by two diverse strategies.
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Fast and selective sugar conversion to alkyl lactate and lactic acid with bifunctional carbon-silica catalysts.
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The role of weak hydrogen bonds in chiral recognition.
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Group 4 salalen complexes for the production and degradation of polylactide.
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Structure elucidation and synthesis of dioxolanes emitted by two Triatoma species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae).
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A concise total synthesis of amphidinolide T2.
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Vibrational absorption, vibrational circular dichroism, and theoretical studies of methyl lactate self-aggregation and methyl lactate-methanol intermolecular interactions.
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Conversion of sugars to lactic acid derivatives using heterogeneous zeotype catalysts.
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Calculations of vibrationally resonant sum- and difference-frequency-generation spectra of chiral molecules in solutions: three-wave-mixing vibrational optical activity.
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Chiral recognition in jet-cooled complexes of (1R,2S)-(+)-cis-1-amino-2-indanol and methyl lactate: on the importance of the CH...pi interaction.
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Chiral sensing using a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor-integrated three-transducer microsensor system.
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A novel strategy for rapid real-time chiral discrimination of enantiomers using serum albumin functionalized QCM biosensor.
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Zeolite-catalyzed isomerization of triose sugars.
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Modeling and investigation of interfacial interaction between PLA and one type of deficient hydroxyapatite.
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Direct determination of the enantiomeric purity or enantiomeric composition of methylpropionates using a single capacitive microsensor.
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Tuning the chiral cavity of macrocyclic receptor for chiral recognition and discrimination.
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Chiral recognition between alpha-hydroxylesters: a double-resonance IR/UV study of the complexes of methyl mandelate with methyl glycolate and methyl lactate.
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Self-assembly of perfunctionalized beta-cyclodextrins on a quartz crystal microbalance for real-time chiral recognition.
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Opposite signs of capacitive microsensor signals upon exposure to the enantiomers of methyl propionate compounds.
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Chirality transfer through hydrogen-bonding: experimental and ab initio analyses of vibrational circular dichroism spectra of methyl lactate in water.
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Computational study on the properties and structure of methyl lactate.
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Rotational spectrum of a chiral alpha-hydroxyester: conformation stability and internal rotation barrier heights of methyl lactate.
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Streamlined, asymmetric synthesis of 8,4'-oxyneolignans.
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Intra- vs. intermolecular hydrogen bonding: dimers of alpha-hydroxyesters with methanol.
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Concerted proton motion in hydrogen-bonded trimers: a spontaneous Raman scattering perspective.
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Chirality-induced switch in hydrogen-bond topology: tetrameric methyl lactate clusters in the gas phase.
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Size-selected methyl lactate clusters: fragmentation and spectroscopic fingerprints of chiral recognition.
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Chiral recognition between lactic acid derivatives and an aromatic alcohol in a supersonic expansion: electronic and vibrational spectroscopy.
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Laser-induced fluorescence and single vibronic level emission spectroscopy of chiral (R)-1-aminoindan and some of its clusters in a supersonic jet.
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Effect of J coupling and T2 Relaxation in Assessing of Methyl Lactate Signal using PRESS Sequence MR Spectroscopy.
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Dissociation of gas-phase dimeric complexes of lactic acid and transition-metal ions formed under electrospray ionization conditions; the role of reduction of the metal ion.
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Theoretical study of the stereoselective additions of chiral alcohols to ketenes.
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Self-organization of lactates in the gas phase.
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Observation of high enantioselectivity for the gas phase hydrogenation of methyl pyruvate using supported Pt catalysts pre-modified with cinchonidine.
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Study of vitamin ester synthesis by lipase-catalyzed transesterification in organic media.
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Vibrational circular dichroism: an incisive tool for stereochemical applications.
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Protein mediated magnetic coupling between lactate and water protons.
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Chiral discrimination of inhalation anesthetics and methyl propionates by thickness shear mode resonators: new insights into the mechanisms of enantioselectivity by cyclodextrins.
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Improved solvent suppression and increased spatial excitation bandwidths for three-dimensional PRESS CSI using phase-compensating spectral/spatial spin-echo pulses.
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Chiral discrimination using piezoelectric and optical gas sensors.
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Fragmentation of the metastable molecular ion of methyl lactate: The formation of oxygen-protonated methanol [CH3OH 2] (+) involving double hydrogen atom transfers.
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A pitfall associated with lactate detection using stimulated-echo proton spectroscopy.
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Single-scan volume-selective spectral editing by homonuclear polarization transfer.
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L-lactate-2-monooxygenase. Sequence of peptides containing residues modified by 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene.
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A model for L-lactate binding to Cancer magister hemocyanin.
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Direct separation of alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid ester enantiomers by gas chromatography with optically active copper(II) complexes.