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| IUPAC name | heptanedioic acid |
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| CAS number | [111-16-0] |
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| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C7H12O4 |
| Molar mass | 160.17 g/mol |
| Density | 1.28 g/cm3 |
| Melting point |
103-105 °C |
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Decomposes |
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Pimelic acid is the organic compound with the formula HO2C(CH2)5CO2H. Derivatives of pimelic acid are involved in the biosynthesis of the amino acid called lysine. Pimelic acid is one methylene longer than a related dicarboxylic acid, adipic acid, a precursor to many polyesters and polyamides. It is the final member of the mnemonic used to aid recollection of the order of the first six dicarboxylic acids using their common (not IUPAC) nomenclature: [1]
Pimelic acid has been synthesized from cyclohexanone and from salicylic acid.[1] In the former route, the additional carbon is suppled by dimethyloxalate, which reacts with the enolate.
References
- ^ Snyder, H. R.; Brooks, A. L.; Shapiro, S. H. "Pimelic Acid from Cyclohexanone" and Müller, A. "Pimelic Acid from Salicylic Acid" Organic Syntheses, Collected Volume 2, p.531 (1943).http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV2P0531.pdf
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