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T109

L-(+)-Tartaric acid

≥99.5%, powder or crystals

Synonym(s):

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

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Linear Formula:
HO2CCH(OH)CH(OH)CO2H
CAS Number:
87-69-4
Molecular Weight:
150.09
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57654651
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
EC Number:
201-766-0
MDL number:
MFCD00064207
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1725147

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Product Name

L-(+)-Tartaric acid, ≥99.5%

InChI key

FEWJPZIEWOKRBE-JCYAYHJZSA-N

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

SMILES string

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

vapor density

5.18 (vs air)

assay

≥99.5%

form

granular
powder or crystals

optical activity

[α]20/D +13.5±0.5°, c = 10% in H2O

autoignition temp.

797 °F

mp

170-172 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid
hydroxyl

Quality Level

200

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Application

L- (+)-Tartaric acid can be used as:

  • A co-former for the synthesis of etravirine co-crystals.
  • A mobile phase additive in thin-layer chromatography.

General description

L-(+)-tartaric acid is an organic compound that is commonly used as a chiral auxiliary in reactions that involve the addition of a chiral nucleophile. It is also used as a resolving agent for the separation of enantiomers from a racemic mixture. Additionally, L-(+)-tartaric acid can also be used as a building block for the synthesis of other chiral compounds.

pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H318

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

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Growth, molecular structure, NBO analysis and vibrational spectral analysis of l-tartaric acid single crystal.
Sasikala, V .et al.
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy, 123, 127-141 (2014)
Amalia Papadaki et al.
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Preparation of organotrifluoroborate salts: precipitation-driven equilibrium under non-etching conditions.
Alastair J J Lennox et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 51(37), 9385-9388 (2012-08-21)
Yanfang Feng et al.
Bioresource technology, 125, 138-144 (2012-10-03)
The aim of this study was to develop a promising and competitive bioadsorbent with the abundant of source, low price and environmentally friendly characters to remove cationic dye from wastewater. The swede rape straw (Brassica napus L.) modified by tartaric
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Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(84), 10428-10430 (2012-09-18)
A chiral ditopic polyammonium receptor featuring two [9]aneN(3) moieties separated by a (S)-BINOL linker is able to selectively bind and sense in water (S,S)-tartaric acid over its (R,R)/meso forms.
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