Racemic-2,3-dimethyl-butanedioic acid

• Formula: C₆H₁₀O₄
• Molecular weight: 146.1412
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H10O4/c1-3(5(7)8)4(2)6(9)10/h3-4H,1-2H3,(H,7,8)(H,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KLZYRCVPDWTZLH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 608-40-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 2,3-Dimethylsuccinic acid
• Stereoisomers:
  • (-)-2,3-Dimethylbutanedioic acid
  • Meso-2,3-dimethyl-butanedioic acid
• Other names: Racemic-2,3-dimethyl-succinic acid; Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dimethyl-, (R*,S*)-; erythro-2,3-Dimethylsuccinic acid; Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dimethyl-, (R-(R*,S*))-; Succinic acid, 2,3-dimethyl-, erythro-meso-; Succinic acid, 2,3-dimethyl-, meso-; (R*,S*)-2,3-dimethylsuccinic acid
• Information on this page:
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Phase change data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

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By formula: C₆H₈O₃ + H₂O = C₆H₁₀O₄

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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References

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Verkade and Hartman, 1933
Verkade, P.E.; Hartman, H., Calorimetric researches XXI. Heats of combustion of methyl-, ethyl- and phenyl-substituted succinic acids and of their anhydrides: a. Experimental data, Rec. Trav. Chim. Pays/Bas, 1933, 52, 945-968. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Henne and Chanan, 1944
Henne, A.L.; Chanan, H.H., Diolefins from Allylic Chlorides II., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1944, 66, 392. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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