Succinic acid

C4H6O4CAS 110-15-6118.09 g/mol

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Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C4H6O4
Molar mass
118.09 g/mol
Exact mass
118.0266 Da
Density
1.572 g/mL (at 25 °C)
Melting point
188 °C
Boiling point
235 °C
pKa
4.207, 5.635 (25 °C)
Flash point
160 °C (open cup)
Water solubility
5–10 g/L (22.2 °C)
logP
-0.06Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
74.6 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
3

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 2,311 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P264+P265, P280, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P317, P337+P317

Identifiers

CAS number
110-15-6
SMILES
O=C(O)CCC(=O)O
InChIKey
KDYFGRWQOYBRFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O4/c5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h1-2H2,(H,5,6)(H,7,8)

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Names and synonyms

15 names · show all
  • Butanedioic acid
  • Amber acid
  • Asuccin
  • 1,2-Ethanedicarboxylic acid
  • Wormwood acid
  • Dihydrofumaric acid
  • Katasuccin
  • 1,4-Butanedioic acid
  • A 12084
  • NSC 106449
  • NSC 25949
  • Yantar-antitox
  • Biosuccinium SA
  • S 3674
  • Biosuccinium

Safety data sheets

One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 110-15-6. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

1-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-hydroxypiperidine-succinic acid copolymer70198-29-7Salt Donormil562-10-7Salt Sumatriptan succinate103628-48-4Salt Loxapine succinate27833-64-3Salt Metoprolol succinate98418-47-4Salt Diammonium succinate2226-88-2Salt Disodium succinate150-90-3Salt Mexidol127464-43-1Salt Solifenacin succinate242478-38-2Salt 1,1-Dimethylethyl N-[(1S,3S,4S)-4-amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1-(phenylmethyl)pentyl]carbamate butanedioate (2:1)183388-64-9Salt Lasmiditan succinate439239-92-6Salt Sodium succinate hexahydrate6106-21-4Salt

Similar compounds

Glutaric acid110-94-173 % similar Adipic acid124-04-973 % similar Pimelic acid111-16-069 % similar Sebacic acid111-20-669 % similar Azelaic acid123-99-969 % similar Pentadecanedioic acid1460-18-069 % similar Undecanedioic acid1852-04-669 % similar Heptadecanedioic acid2424-90-069 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

Acetoxyacetic acid13831-30-6 Erythrono-1,4-lactone15667-21-7 Methylmalonic acid516-05-2 Dimethyl oxalate553-90-2 Glycol diformate629-15-2 Glycerol-1,2-carbonate931-40-8

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