TETRAFLUOROSUCCINIC ACID Chemical Properties

Melting point:

115-118 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

150°C 15mm

Density 

1,4 g/cm³

Flash point:

150°C/15mm

Water Solubility 

almost transparency in Water

form 

powder to crystaline

pka

-1.03±0.28(Predicted)

color 

White to Orange to Green

BRN 

1790197

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H2F4O4/c5-3(6,1(9)10)4(7,8)2(11)12/h(H,9,10)(H,11,12)

InChIKey

YUDUFRYTKFGQCL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(O)(=O)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)C(O)=O

CAS DataBase Reference

377-38-8(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Butanedioic acid, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro- (377-38-8)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi,C

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-36

RIDADR 

3261

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

WN0725000

F 

3

Hazard Note 

Corrosive

TSCA 

T

HazardClass 

8

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

29171900

MSDS

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TETRAFLUOROSUCCINIC ACID Usage And Synthesis

Uses

Tetrafluorosuccinic acid (TFSA) is a perfluorinated aliphatic dicarboxylic acid that can be used as an organic intermediate, as a flexible ligand in the preparation of metal complexes, and as an auxiliary solute in the working electrolyte of low-pressure aluminum electrolysis.

Chemical Properties

beige crystalline powder

Synthesis Reference(s)

Synthetic Communications, 13, p. 81, 1983 DOI: 10.1080/00397918308061962

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