TIGLIC ACID

• Catalog No.: T440050
• CAS Number: 80-59-1
• M. F.: C5H8O2
• M. W.: 100.11582

SYNONYMS

• IUPAC name: (2E)-2-methylbut-2-enoic acid
• IUPAC Traditional name: tiglic acid
• Synonyms: (2E)-2-Methyl-2-butenoic Acid; NSC 8999; trans-α,β-Dimethylacrylic Acid; (E)-2-Methyl-2-butenoic acid; (E)-2,3-Dimethylacrylic Acid; (E)-2-Methylcrotonic Acid; (E)-α-Methylcrotonic acid; NSC 44235; trans-2-Methylcrotonic Acid; trans-2-Methyl-2-butenoic acid; trans-2,3-Dimethylacrylic acid; cevadic acid; tiglinic acid

DATABASE IDS

• CAS Number: 80-59-1

DETAILS

Description (English)

Tiglic acid is the stable isomer of angelic acid. Tiglic acid was found as glyceride in croton oil, as butyl ester in the oil of the Roman camomile, and as geranyl tiglate in oil of geranium. Tiglic acid is formed during the charcoaling of maple wood.

REFERENCES

• Bueding, et al.: J. Biol. Chem., 202, 505 (1953)