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D113204

Dihydroxyfumaric acid hydrate

98%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H4O6 · xH2O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
148.07 (anhydrous basis)
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1724790
Assay:
98%
Form:
powder
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Product Name

Dihydroxyfumaric acid hydrate, 98%

InChI key

DDYHTXQJGPQZGN-TYYBGVCCSA-N

SMILES string

O.OC(=O)\C(O)=C(/O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C4H4O6.H2O/c5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10;/h5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10);1H2/b2-1+;

assay

98%

form

powder

mp

156 °C (dec.) (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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Vasudeva Naidu Sagi et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(7), 3577-3589 (2012-01-28)
In the context of a "glyoxylate scenario" of primordial metabolism, the reactions of dihydroxyfumarate (DHF) with reactive small molecule aldehydes (e.g., glyoxylate, formaldehyde, glycolaldehyde, and glyceraldehyde) in water were investigated and shown to form dihydroxyacetone, tetrulose, and the two pentuloses

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