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

Marcel SonneckTim PeppelSebastian WohlrabAnke Spannenberg

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crystal structurehydrogen bondunsaturated carb­oxy­lic acidHydrogen bondDimerGeneral ChemistryCrystal structureCondensed Matter Physicscomputer.software_genredimerData ReportsCrystallcsh:ChemistryCrystallographychemistry.chemical_compoundPlanarchemistrylcsh:QD1-999General Materials ScienceData miningMaximum displacementcomputerunsaturated carboxylic acid

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

10.1107/s2056989015007203http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989015007203