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Tetronic acid

Catalog No. A14079 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 541-57-1 Website
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Purity 96% Email
Storage Chembase ID: 77773

SYNONYMS

Title
季酮酸
IUPAC name
oxolane-2,4-dione
IUPAC Traditional name
oxolane-2,4-dione
Synonyms
2,4(3H,5H)-Furandione
4-Hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone

DATABASE IDS

Beilstein Number 108442
CAS Number 541-57-1
MDL Number MFCD00010086
EC Number 208-785-3

PROPERTIES

Purity 96%
Melting Point ca 140°C dec.
GHS Pictograms GHS07
GHS Hazard statements H315-H319-H335
European Hazard Symbols Irritant Irritant (Xi)
GHS Precautionary statements P261-P305+P351+P338-P302+P352-P321-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 36/37/38
Safety Statements 26-37
TSCA Listed

DETAILS

REFERENCES

  • Equivalent to the -lactone of 4-hydroxyacetoacetic acid.
  • Selective O-alkylation is promoted by CsF under mild conditions: Synlett, 843 (1995).
  • Versatile precursor of a variety of substituted and ring-fused furans and butenolides; see, e.g.: J. Org. Chem., 48, 1914 (1983); Synthesis, 155 (1996).