63.5 to 64 °C (146.3 to 147.2 °F; 336.6 to 337.1 K)
Boiling point
198.5 °C (389.3 °F; 471.6 K)
Acidity (pKa)
4.96
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chemical compound
Tiglic acid is a monocarboxylic unsaturated organic acid. It is found in croton oil and in several other natural products. It has also been also isolated from the defensive secretion of certain beetles.[1]
^Attygalle, A. B.; Wu, X.; Will, K. W. (2007). "Biosynthesis of tiglic, ethacrylic, and 2-methylbutyric acids in a carabid beetle, Pterostichus (Hypherpes) californicus". J Chem Ecol.33: 963–970. PMID 17404818.
Tiglicacid is a monocarboxylic unsaturated organic acid. It is found in croton oil and in several other natural products. It has also been also isolated...
2-methyl-2-butenoic acid, which easily converts to the trans isomer, tiglicacid, upon heating or reaction with inorganic acids. The reverse transformation...
Senning, The Etymology of Chemical Names (Berlin: DeGruyter, 2019), under "Tiglicacid". PMC4264303 N. R. Pillai (1999). "Gastro-intestinal effects of Croton...
angelic acid, 2-methylbutanoic acid, tiglicacid, and 2-methylpropionic acid esters. Hydrolysis of these esters, either in-vivo or by using strong acids, forms...
nimbidinin and salannin, which has been esterified with a molecule of tiglicacid, which is derived from L-isoleucine. It is currently proposed that the...
esters, and acids, especially benzoic acid. Carabids typically produce carboxylic acids, particularly formic acid, methacrylic acid, and tiglicacid, but also...
Serpentine Catuabine Leete, E; Murrill, J. B (1967). "Biosynthesis of the tiglicacid moiety of meteloidine in Datura meteloides". Tetrahedron Letters. 18:...