Succinic acid

CAS: 110-15-6
Molecular formula : C₂H₄(COOH)₂
Structural formula

 

Molecular weight: 118.09

Properties: white crystals, mp 185 ° C, boiling point 235 ° C (decomposition to anhydride), specific gravity 1.572, soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol; used in the preparation of Five-Membered Heterocyclic Compounds.

Quality indexes:

Item	Standard
	Pharmaceutical Grade	Food Grade	industrial-grade
Content (%) ≥	99.5 & above	99.5	99.0
Melting point (ºC)	186.5-157.5	186.0-190.0	185.8-191.0
Heavy Metal (as Pb 2-) ≤	0.001	0.001	0.001
Sulfate (as SO 4 2-) ≤	0.02	0.02	0.02
Iron content (as Fe 2+) ≤	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002
Chloride (as Cl -) ≤	0.00021	0.00021	0.00021
Fumaric acid (%) ≤	0.1	0.1	0.1
Ash (700ºC) ≤	0.01	0.01	0.01
Arsenic (as As) (%) ≤	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002
Water insoluble matter (%) ≤	0.001	0.001	0.001
Appearance of solution	Colorless and transparent	Colorless and transparent	Colorless and transparent

Main uses: In the chemical industry for the production of dyes, alkyd resin, glass fiber reinforced plastics, resins and ion interaction pesticides; for its production of sulfa drugs, vitamin A, vitamin B and other anti-spasticity agents in the pharmaceutical industry, pine sputum agents, diuretics and hemostatic drugs; in addition, can be used for analytical reagents; Method used as the base standard reagents, buffers, gas chromatography comparative sample.Also be used as a raw material of a lubricant and a surfactant.

Packaging and storage: woven bag lined with plastic bags or cardboard drum, net weight 25kg.