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Brown Crystalline Solid

3-acetylsulfanylpropanoic acid is a useful synthetic intermediate.

Purify the propionic acid by distillation in a vacuum. It has max at 231nm ( 4200). It is a potential enzyme inhibitor [Noda et al. J Am Chem Soc 75 914 1953, Clegg et al. J Am Chem Soc 121 5319 2004, Clegg & Hutchinson Angew Chem, Int Edn 43 3716 2005]. [Beilstein 3 III 551, 3 IV 731.]