Succinic anhydride

• Formula: C₄H₄O₃
• Molecular weight: 100.0728
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H4O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7-3/h1-2H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: RINCXYDBBGOEEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 108-30-5
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• Other names: 2,5-Furandione, dihydro-; Butanedioic anhydride; Dihydro-2,5-furandione; Succinic acid anhydride; Succinyl anhydride; Succinyl oxide; Tetrahydro-2,5-dioxofuran; 2,5-Diketotetrahydrofuran; Bernsteinsaure-anhydrid; NCI-C55696; 2,5(3H,4H)-Furandione; 2,5-Dioxotetrahydrofuran; Dihydro-2,5-diketotetrahydrofuran; NSC 8518; Rikacid SA; Tetrahydro-2,5-furandione
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₄H₄O₃ + H₂O = C₄H₆O₄

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Yan and Pilcher, 1990
Yan, Y.M.; Pilcher, G., Enthalpies of combustion of succinic anhydride, glutaric anhydride, and glutarimide, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1990, 22, 893-898. [all data]

Conn, Kistiakowsky, et al., 1942
Conn, J.B.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Roberts, R.M.; Smith, E.A., Heats of organic reactions. XIII. Heats of hydrolysis of some acid anhydrides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1942, 64, 1747-17. [all data]

Kimura, Katsumata, et al., 1981
Kimura, K.; Katsumata, S.; Achiba, Y.; Yamazaki, T.; Iwata, S., Ionization energies, Ab initio assignments, and valence electronic structure for 200 molecules in Handbook of HeI Photoelectron Spectra of Fundamental Organic Compounds, Japan Scientific Soc. Press, Tokyo, 1981. [all data]

Worley, Gerson, et al., 1978
Worley, S.D.; Gerson, S.H.; Bodor, N.; Kaminski, J.J.; Flechtner, T.W., On the structure of N-chlorosuccinimide and N-bromosuccinimide. A photoelectron spectroscopic study, J. Chem. Phys., 1978, 68, 1313. [all data]

Gerson, Worley, et al., 1978
Gerson, S.H.; Worley, S.D.; Bodor, N.; Kaminski, J.J.; Flechtner, T.W., The photoelectron spectra of some heterocyclic compounds which contain N, O, Cl, and Br, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1978, 13, 421. [all data]

Almemark, Backvall, et al., 1974
Almemark, M.; Backvall, J.E.; Moberg, C.A.; Akermark, B.; Asbrink, L.; Roos, B., Ab initio calculations and assignment of photoelectron spectra of maleic and succinic anhydride, Tetrahedron, 1974, 30, 2503. [all data]

Brandi, Bar, et al., 2011
Brandi, F.; Bar, E.; Mourgues, F.; Horvath, G.; Turcsi, E.; Giuliano, G.; Liverani, A.; Tartarini, S.; Lewinsohn, E.; Rosati, C., Study of Redhaven peach and its white-fleshed mutant suggests a key role of CCD4 carotenoid dioxygenase in carotenoid and norisoprenoid volatile metabolism, BMC Plant Biol., 2011, 11, 24, 1-14. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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