Itaconic acid

C5H6O4CAS 97-65-4130.10 g/mol

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AlkeneCarboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C5H6O4
Molar mass
130.10 g/mol
Exact mass
130.0266 Da
Density
1.63 g/mL
Melting point
162–164 °C (decomposes)
Boiling point
108 °C
Water solubility
83.3 g/L
logP
0.10Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
74.6 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
3

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 555 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P317, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
97-65-4
SMILES
C=C(CC(=O)O)C(=O)O
InChIKey
LVHBHZANLOWSRM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H6O4/c1-3(5(8)9)2-4(6)7/h1-2H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)

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Names and synonyms

12 names
  • Butanedioic acid, 2-methylene-
  • Succinic acid, methylene-
  • Butanedioic acid, methylene-
  • 2-Methylenebutanedioic acid
  • Methylenesuccinic acid
  • 2-Propene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid
  • Propylenedicarboxylic acid
  • Methylenebutanedioic acid
  • 2-Methylenesuccinic acid
  • NSC 3357
  • 4-Hydroxy-2-methylene-4-oxobutanoic acid
  • 2-Methylidenebutanedioic acid

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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