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L-(+)-Tartaric acid

Name: <SC>L-</SC>(+)-Tartaric acid
Brand: SIGALD

anhydrous grade, ACS reagent grade, ≥99.5%, Redi-Dri^™, free-flowing, crystals

Synonym(s):

(2R,3R)-(+)-Tartaric acid, L-Threaric acid

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About This Item

Linear Formula:

HO₂CCH(OH)CH(OH)CO₂H

CAS Number:

87-69-4

Molecular Weight:

150.09

NACRES:

NA.21

PubChem Substance ID:

329768663

UNSPSC Code:

12352100

EC Number:

201-766-0

MDL number:

MFCD00064207

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

1725147

Assay:

≥99.5%

Form:

crystalline powder, crystals

Grade:

ACS reagent, anhydrous

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Properties

Product Name

L-(+)-Tartaric acid, anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri^™, ACS reagent, ≥99.5%

Quality Segment

100

grade

ACS reagent, anhydrous

vapor density

5.18 (vs air)

product line

Redi-Dri^™

assay

≥99.5%

form

crystalline powder, crystals

optical activity

[α]20/D +12.4°, c = 20 in H₂O

optical purity

ee: 99% (GLC)

autoignition temp.

797 °F

quality

free-flowing

impurities

≤0.002% S compounds, ≤0.005% insolubles

ign. residue

≤0.02%

mp

170-172 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 150 g/L at 25 °C

anion traces

chloride (Cl^-): ≤0.001%, oxalate (C₂O₄^2-): passes test, phosphate (PO₄^3-): ≤0.001%

cation traces

Fe: ≤5 ppm, heavy metals (as Pb): ≤5 ppm

SMILES string

O[C@H]([C@@H](O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C4H6O6/c5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10/h1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t1-,2-/m1/s1

InChI key

FEWJPZIEWOKRBE-JCYAYHJZSA-N

Description

Application

Chiral building block for natural products. Also forms a Diels-Alder catalyst with TiCl₂(O-i-Pr)₂.

Legal Information

Redi-Dri is a trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

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pictograms

GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H318

pcodes

P280 - P305 + P351 + P338

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

302.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

150 °C - closed cup

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