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acrylic acid

C3H4O2

Acrylic acid has the molecular formula C3H4O2 and a molar mass of 72.06 g/mol, a melting point of 13 °C and a boiling point of 141.1 °C.

Properties

Molecular formulaC3H4O2
Molar mass72.06 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass72.02113 g/mol
Melting point13 °C
Boiling point141.11 °C
Density1.05 g/cm³
logP (octanol–water)0.3
Topological polar surface area37.3 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors1 / 2
Heavy atoms5
InChIKeyNIXOWILDQLNWCW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
IUPAC nameprop-2-enoic acid

Elemental composition

9 atoms across 3 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Carbon (C)350.00%
Oxygen (O)244.40%
Hydrogen (H)45.60%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.