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MUCIC ACID

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MUCIC ACID Basic information

Product Name:
MUCIC ACID
Synonyms:
  • D-GALACTARIC ACID
  • GALACTOSACCHARIC ACID
  • GALACTARIC ACID
  • GALACTERIC ACID
  • GALATARIC ACID
  • 2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDROXYADIPIC ACID
  • 2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDROXYHEXANEDIOIC ACID
  • Galactaric acid, D-
CAS:
526-99-8
MF:
C6H10O8
MW:
210.14
EINECS:
208-404-0
Product Categories:
  • Inhibitors
  • Plantago ovata
  • Building Blocks
  • C6
  • Carbonyl Compounds
  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Nutrition Research
  • Organic Building Blocks
  • Phytochemicals by Plant (Food/Spice/Herb)
Mol File:
526-99-8.mol
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MUCIC ACID Chemical Properties

Melting point:
220-225 °C (dec.)(lit.)
Boiling point:
269.65°C (rough estimate)
Density 
1.5274 (rough estimate)
refractive index 
1.5800 (estimate)
storage temp. 
Store at RT.
solubility 
3.3g/l soluble
form 
Solid
pka
2.99±0.35(Predicted)
color 
White to Off-White
Water Solubility 
Soluble in water.
Merck 
14,4331
BRN 
1728117
CAS DataBase Reference
526-99-8(CAS DataBase Reference)
EPA Substance Registry System
Galactaric acid (526-99-8)
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Safety Information

Hazard Codes 
Xi,Xn
Risk Statements 
22-40
Safety Statements 
22-24/25-36/37
WGK Germany 
2
RTECS 
LW5180000
TSCA 
Yes
HS Code 
29181990
Hazardous Substances Data
526-99-8(Hazardous Substances Data)

MSDS

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MUCIC ACID Usage And Synthesis

Description

Mucic acid,C6H10O8 or HOOC-(CHOH)4-COOH, (also known as galactaric or meso - galactaric acid) is an aldaric acid obtained by nitric acid oxidation of galactose or galactose - containing compounds like lactose, dulcite, quercite, and most varieties of gum.
It forms a crystalline powder, which melts at 230°C. It is insoluble in alcohol, and nearly insoluble in cold water. Due to the symmetry in the molecule, it is optically inactive even though it has chiral carbon atoms (i.e., it is a meso compound). When heated with pyridine to 140°C, it is converted into allommic acid. When digested with fuming hydrochloric acid for some time it is converted into a furfural dicarboxylic acid while on heating with barium sulfide it is transformed into athiophene carboxylic acid. The ammonium salt yields on dry distillation carbon dioxide, ammonia, pyrrol and other substances. The acid when fused with caustic alkalis yields oxalic acid. With potassium bisulfate mucic acid forms 3-hydroxy-2-pyrone by dehydration and decarboxylation.

Chemical Properties

white to light beige fine crystalline powder

Uses

Mucic acid can be used to replace tartaric acid in self-rising flour or fizzies.

Uses

Mucic acid is used to replace tartaric acid in self-rising flour or fizzies. It is also used as a precursor of adipic acid en route to nylon by a rhenium-catalyzed deoxydehydration reaction. It replaces potassium bitartrate in baking powder and also used for manufacture of granular effervescing salts.

Uses

Substitute for tartaric acid, sequestrant for metalions (calcium, iron), retards hardening of concreteintermediate for synthesis of heterocyclic com-pounds (pyrroles).

Definition

ChEBI: A hexaric acid resulting from formal oxidative ring cleavage of galactose.

MUCIC ACID Preparation Products And Raw materials

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