Tartaric acid
Properties
- Molecular formula
- C4H6O6
- Molar mass
- 150.09 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 150.0164 Da
- Density
- 1.74 g/mL
- Melting point
- 169 °C
- Boiling point
- 95–97 °C
- Flash point
- 210 °C (closed cup)
- Water solubility
- very soluble
- logP
- -2.12Crippen estimate
- Polar surface area
- 115.1 Ų
- H-bond donors / acceptors
- 4 / 4
- Rotatable bonds
- 3
- Stereocentres
- R, Rin SMILES atom order
Hazards
Danger
- H302 Harmful if swallowed42.5% of notifiers
- H315 Causes skin irritation54.3% of notifiers
- H317 May cause an allergic skin reaction42.5% of notifiers
- H318 Causes serious eye damage41.2% of notifiers
- H319 Causes serious eye irritation57.8% of notifiers
- H335 May cause respiratory irritation55.4% of notifiers
Aggregated from 4,731 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.
Precautionary statements
P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P272, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P333+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501
Identifiers
CAS number
87-69-4SMILES
O=C(O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)C(=O)OInChIKey
FEWJPZIEWOKRBE-JCYAYHJZSA-NInChI
InChI=1S/C4H6O6/c5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10/h1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t1-,2-/m1/s1Weigh it out
Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass and density.
Names and synonyms
27 names · show all
- Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy- (2R,3R)-
- Tartaric acid, L-(+)-
- Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy- [R-(R*,R*)]-
- (2R,3R)-2,3-Dihydroxybutanedioic acid
- Dextrotartaric acid
- d-α,β-Dihydroxysuccinic acid
- Natural tartaric acid
- L-Tartaric acid
- L-(+)-Tartaric acid
- Threaric acid
- (+)-Tartaric acid
- 1,2-Dihydroxyethane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid
- (R,R)-(+)-Tartaric acid
- d-Tartaric acid
- (R,R)-Tartaric acid
- 2,3-Dihydroxybutanedioic acid
- (+)-(R,R)-Tartaric acid
- (2R,3R)-(+)-Tartaric acid
- (+)-L-Tartaric acid
- (2R,3R)-Tartaric acid
- E 334
- Dihydroxysuccinic acid
- NSC 62778
- (2R,3R)-2,3-Dihydroxysuccinic acid
- (+)-(2R,3R)-Tartaric acid
- 2,3-Dihydroxysuccinic acid
- Tartaric acid (+L)
Safety data sheets
One stored sheet lists this compound in section 3, matched by the CAS number 87-69-4. Each row opens the sheet with its composition and PDF.
Work with Tartaric acid
Predict the NMR spectrum1H and 13C shifts with multiplicities
Make a solutionWhat to weigh for any molarity and volume
Check drug-likenessLipinski, Veber and lead-likeness
Boiling point under vacuumAt any pressure, from its normal boiling point
Isotope patternExact mass and the mass spectrum pattern
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.
D-Tartaric acid147-71-7Enantiomer
DL-Tartaric acid133-37-9Enantiomer
2,3-Dihydroxybutanedioic acid526-83-0Stereo not defined
Potassium bitartrate868-14-4Salt
Sodium tartrate868-18-8Salt
Potassium sodium tartrate304-59-6Salt
N,N-Dimethylethanolamine bitartrate5988-51-2Salt
Potassium tartrate921-53-9Salt
(-)-Epinephrine (+)-bitartrate51-42-3Salt
(-)-Norepinephrine (+)-bitartrate51-40-1Salt
Choline bitartrate87-67-2Salt
Monosodium tartrate526-94-3Salt
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