Adipic acid, CAS:124-04-9
Adipic acid CAS:124-04-9
Adipic acid
CAS: 124-04-9
Purity: ¡Ý 99.8%
English name Adipic acid
Adipic acid, also known as fatty acid, is a carboxylic acid
organic compound that can be used as a chemical reagent, as well as in
plastics and organic synthesis.. It is a white crystalline powder,
slightly soluble in water, and acidic when dissolved in water. Adipic
acid, as the basic component unit of various chemical products, is
currently the most important aliphatic dicarboxylic acid in industrial
chemistry production. Approximately 3 million tons of adipic acid are
used worldwide each year to synthesize monomers for nylon-66. In
addition, adipic acid is also used to synthesize polyesters,
polyurethanes, lubricants, plasticizers, adiponitriles, and as a
flavoring agent in food.
English synonyms
RARECHEM AL BO 0180;AKOS BBS-00004308;ADIPIC ACID;adipinic acid;1,6-HEXANEDIOIC ACID;1,4-BUTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID;BUTANE-1,4-DICARBOXYLIC ACID;DICARBOXYLIC ACID C6.
Adipic acid, or more formally hexanedioic acid, is a white crystalline solid that melts at 152 oC. It is one of the most important monomers in the polymer industry.
Adipic acid is found in beet juice, but the article of commerce¡ª¡Ö2.5 million tonnes of it per year¡ªis manufactured. In 1906, French chemists L. Bouveault and R. Locquin reported that adipic acid can be produced by oxidizing cyclohexanol. Today, the most common manufacturing process is the nitric acid (HNO3) oxidation of a cyclohexanol¨Ccyclohexanone mixture called KA (for ketone¨Calcohol) oil.
Almost all adipic acid is used as a comonomer with hexamethylenediamine to produce nylon 6-6. It is also used to manufacture other polymers such as polyurethanes.
Using HNO3 to produce adipic acid has its downside: Copious amounts of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas, are coproduced and released into the atmosphere. In late 2014, K. C. Hwang and A. Sagadevan of National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) reported a process that uses ozone and ultraviolet (UV) light to oxidize KA oil to adipic acid. This method eliminates the production of N2O; but before the process can be used commercially, problems associated with the formation of organic peroxides from ozone and the difficulty of using UV light on a large scale must be overcome.
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