Meldrum's acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C6H8O4
- Molar mass
- 144.13 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 144.0423 Da
- Melting point
- 94 °C
- Boiling point
- 116–120 °C (at 14 Torr)
- logP
- 0.21Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 52.6 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 0 / 4
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
Hazards
Warning
- H315 Causes skin irritation39.1% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation52.2% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation17.4% of notifiers
- H400 Very toxic to aquatic life23.9% of notifiers
- H411 Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects23.9% of notifiers
Aggregated from 46 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P273, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501
Identifiers
CAS number
2033-24-1SMILES
CC1(C)OC(=O)CC(=O)O1InChIKey
GXHFUVWIGNLZSC-UHFFFAOYSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C6H8O4/c1-6(2)9-4(7)3-5(8)10-6/h3H2,1-2H3Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass.
Names and synonyms
13 names · show all
- 1,3-Dioxane-4,6-dione, 2,2-dimethyl-
- Malonic acid, cyclic isopropylidene ester
- 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione
- 2,2-Propanediol cyclic malonate
- Cyclic isopropylidene malonate
- 2,2-Dimethyl-m-dioxane-4,6-dione
- Isopropylidene malonate
- 2,2-Dimethyl-4,6-dioxo-1,3-dioxane
- Meldrumic acid
- 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-4,6-dione
- NSC 688343
- NSC 71902
- N,N-Dimethyl-1-4-aminobilidine
Reactions
Work with Meldrum's acid
Similar compounds
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Dimethyl malonate108-59-843 % similar
tert-Butyl propionate20487-40-541 % similar
Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.
Same formula
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