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131040

Mesaconic acid

99%

Synonym(s):

Methylfumaric acid

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Linear Formula:
HOOCCH=C(CH3)COOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
130.10
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
207-859-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1722680
MDL number:
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Product Name

Mesaconic acid, 99%

InChI key

HNEGQIOMVPPMNR-NSCUHMNNSA-N

InChI

1S/C5H6O4/c1-3(5(8)9)2-4(6)7/h2H,1H3,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/b3-2+

SMILES string

C\C(=C/C(O)=O)C(O)=O

assay

99%

form

powder

mp

200-202 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

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Application

  • Process design and economic analysis of renewable isoprene from biomass via mesaconic acid: Details a sustainable approach for producing isoprene, a crucial chemical in the rubber industry, from biomass-derived mesaconic acid, demonstrating its relevance for green chemistry and material science (Lundberg et al., 2019).
  • Green Synthesis of a New Al-MOF Based on the Aliphatic Linker Mesaconic Acid: Structure, Properties and In Situ Crystallisation Studies of Al-MIL-68-Mes: Examines the synthesis and properties of a novel metal-organic framework (MOF) utilizing mesaconic acid, applicable in catalysis, gas storage, and separation technologies (Reinsch et al., 2018).

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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R J Truscott et al.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 110(2-3), 187-203 (1981-03-05)
Two metabolites, 4-hydroxyisovaleric acid and mesaconic acid, have been identified and quantified in the urine of a patient with isovaleric acidemia. These compounds do not appear to have been reported previously as being components of human metabolism. In addition, large
Raúl Alelú-Paz et al.
PloS one, 3(10), e3378-e3378 (2008-10-15)
Immunohistochemical staining of tissues is a powerful tool used to delineate the presence or absence of an antigen. During the last 30 years, antigen visualization in human brain tissue has been significantly limited by the masking effect of fixatives. In
Katrin Wallbrecht et al.
Experimental dermatology, 20(12), 980-985 (2011-10-15)
Although fumaric acid esters (FAE) have a decade-long firm place in the therapeutic armamentarium for psoriasis, their pleiotropic mode of action is not yet fully understood. While most previous studies have focused on the effects of FAE on leucocytes, we
Edward Guccione et al.
Environmental microbiology, 12(3), 576-591 (2009-11-19)
Methylmenaquinol : fumarate reductase (Mfr) is a newly recognized type of fumarate reductase present in some epsilon-proteobacteria, where the active site subunit (MfrA) is localized in the periplasm, but for which a physiological role has not been identified. We show
Yuichiro Himeda et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), (32)(32), 6286-6288 (2009-08-06)
Deuterium-labelled compounds were prepared by (transfer) deuterogenation of unsaturated compounds using H(2) or HCO(2)H in acidic D(2)O as deuterium source with almost quantitative yields and high deuterium contents under mild reaction conditions via heterolytic cleavage of H(2) (or decomposition of

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