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A26357

Adipic acid

99%

Synonym(s):

Hexanedioic acid

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Linear Formula:
HOOC(CH2)4COOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
146.14
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39021711
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
EC Number:
204-673-3
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1209788

Product Name

Adipic acid, 99%

InChI key

WNLRTRBMVRJNCN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H10O4/c7-5(8)3-1-2-4-6(9)10/h1-4H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)

SMILES string

OC(=O)CCCCC(O)=O

vapor density

5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 159.5 °C)

assay

99%

form

solid

autoignition temp.

788 °F

bp

265 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

mp

151-154 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: soluble 23 g/L at 25 °C

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Application

Adipic acid can be used as a starting material in the preparation of:
  • Aliphatic polyesters by reacting with ethyleneglycol/1,3 propyleneglycol/1,4-butanediol using inorganic acid as a catalyst.
  • Cyclopentanone using a weak base such as Na2CO3.
  • Linear polybutylene adipate (PBA) having carboxylic acids at the terminals by reacting with 1,4-butanediol.

General description

Adipic acid is a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, commonly used in the manufacturing of nylon-6,6 and plasticizers. Conventionally it was manufactured from petrochemicals but in recent days it can be synthesized from renewable substrates by means of biological methods.

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Corrosion

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Danger

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

384.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

196 °C - closed cup

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves


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Ketonic decarboxylation catalysed by weak bases and its application to an optically pure substrate
Renz M and Corma A
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004(9), 2036-2039 (2004)
Synthesis of aliphatic polyesters by polycondensation using inorganic acid as catalyst
Sokolsky-Papkov M, et al.
Polymers For Advanced Technologies, 22(5), 502-511 (2011)
Biological production of adipic acid from renewable substrates: Current and future methods
Deng Y, et al.
Biochemical Engineering Journal, 105, 16-26 (2016)
Migration resistant polymeric plasticizer for poly (vinyl chloride)
Lindstrom A and Hakkarainen M
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 104(4), 2458-2467 (2007)
Synthesis and characterization of high molecular weight branched PBA
Han Y, et al.
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 39(13), 2143-2150 (2001)

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