Succinic acid monomethyl ester

Structural formula
General
Surname	Succinic acid monomethyl ester
other names	4-methoxy-4-oxobutanoic acid ( IUPAC ) Monomethyl succinate
Molecular formula	C 5 H 8 O 4
Brief description	white solid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 3878-55-5 EC number 223-408-2 ECHA InfoCard 100.021.281 PubChem 77487 ChemSpider 69896 Wikidata Q21045268
properties
Molar mass	132.11 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
Melting point	54-57 ° C
boiling point	151 ° C (20 mmHg)
solubility	soluble in water
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances no GHS pictograms H and P phrases H: no H-phrases P: no P-phrases
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Succinic acid monomethyl ester is an organic chemical compound from the group of esters .

Extraction and presentation

The reaction of succinic anhydride with methanol results in monomethyl succinate.

properties

Succinic acid monomethyl ester is a white solid that is soluble in water. It has a monoclinic crystal structure with the space group P 2 ₁ / a (space group no. 14, position 3) .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} data sheet mono-Methyl hydrogen succinate, 95% from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on August 29, 2015 ( PDF ).
2. ^ ^{A b} William M. Haynes: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 96th Edition . CRC Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4822-6097-7 , pp. 569 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
3. ↑ Wajid Rehman, Zonera Hassan, Umer Rashid, Fazal Rahim, Obaid-Ur-Rahman Abid, Muhammad Waseem: Synthesis, characterization antibacterial and antifungal activity of some transition metal complexes. In: Medicinal Chemistry Research . 23, 2014, p. 2207, doi : 10.1007 / s00044-013-0828-5 .