ADIPIC ACID

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO.

124-04-9

EINECS NO.

204-673-3

FORMULA

HOOC(CH2)4COOH

MOL WT.

146.142

H.S. CODE

2917.12

SYNONYMS

1,4-Butanedicarboxylic acid; 1,6-Hexanedioic Acid; Adipinic Acid;

Acifloctin; Acinetten; Hexanedioic acid;

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

White crystals

MELTING POINT

152 - 154 C

BOILING POINT

337 C

pH

3.45 (1%)

STABILITY

Stable under ordinary conditions

GENERAL DESCRIPTION & APPLICATIONS

Almost all of the commercial adipic acid is produced from cyclohexane through two sequent oxidation processes. Adipic acid has two carboxylic acid, -COOH, groups, which can yield two kinds of salts. Its derivatives, acyl halides, anhydrides, esters, amides and nitriles, are used in making target products such as flavoring agents, internal plasticizers, pesticides, dyes, textile treatment agents, fungicides, and pharmaceuticals through further reactions of substitution, catalytic reduction, metal hydride reduction, diborane reduction, keto formation with organometallic reagents, electrophile bonding at oxygen, and condensation.

SALES SPECIFICATION

Appearance

White crystal powder

Purity

99.7%min

Solution Color

5 max

Moisture

0.2% max

Ash

7 ppm max

Iron

1.0 ppm max

Nitrates

10.0 ppm max

TRANSPORTATION

PACKING

500 kgs in bag

HAZARD CLASS

UN NO.