Meldrum's acid

C6H8O4CAS 2033-24-1144.13 g/mol

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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
Irritant (GHS07)Environmental Hazard (GHS09)

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
2033-24-1
SMILES
CC1(C)OC(=O)CC(=O)O1
InChIKey
GXHFUVWIGNLZSC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H8O4/c1-6(2)9-4(7)3-5(8)10-6/h3H2,1-2H3

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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

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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