2,2,3,3-Tetramethylsuccinic acid

Tetramethylsuccinic acid.svg 150px Tetramethylbutanedioic acid 2,2,3,3-Tetramethylbutane-1,4-dioic acid; 2,2,3,3-Tetramethylsuccinic acid; tetramethyl succinic acid 120224 correct chemspider 1S/C8H14O4/c1-7(2,5(9)10)8(3,4)6(11)12/h1-4H3,(H,9,10)(H,11,12) CDPPYCZVWYZBJH-UHFFFAOYSA-N correct CAS 630-51-3 136453 NG22HEH2M7 CC(C)(C(=O)O)C(C)(C)C(=O)O 811-900-5 8 14 4 1.161 g/cm3 204–206 259.6 760 mmHg 1.474 05 07 Danger 302 312 315 318 332 335 261 264 270 271 280 301+312 302+352 304+312 304+340 305+351+338 310 312 321 322 330 332+313 362 363 403+233 405 501 125.1 In chemistry, 2,2,3,3-tetramethylsuccinic acid or 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutane-1,4-dioic acid is a dicarboxylic acid with the formula C 8 H 14 O 4, or HOOC-C(CH3)2-C(CH3)2-COOH.2,2,3,3-tetramethylsuccinic acid at the ChemBook site. Accessed on 2015-08-03. It can be seen as derivative of succinic acid (butane-1,4-dioic acid) with two methyl groups replacing two hydrogen atoms on each of the central carbon atoms of the chain. " 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutanedioic acid" at Molbase. Accessed on 2015-08-031. Synthesis and chemistry The compound can also be obtained by thermal decomposition of 2,2,3,3-tetramethyl-4-one-glutaric acid with release of a carbon monoxide molecule.Francis Francis and Francis George Willson (1913), Some derivatives of phorone. Part I. Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions (UK), volume 103, article CCXXXIII, pages 2238-2247. 10.1039/CT9130302238 On heating it forms a heterocyclic anhydride, 3,3,4,4-tetramethyltetrahydrofuran-2,5-dione, with loss of one molecule of water.Eugene Rothstein, Charles William Shoppee (1927), Ring-chain tautomerism. Part XV. The hydroxy-lactone type. Journal of the Chemical Society (UK; Resumed), article LXXVIII, pages 531-534. 10.1039/JR9270000531. References 30em Category:Dicarboxylic acids