L-(+)-Tartaric acid, 99%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
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L-(+)-Tartaric acid, 99%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
L-(+)-Tartaric acid, 99%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
L-(+)-Tartaric acid, 99%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals
Thermo Scientific Chemicals

L-(+)-Tartaric acid, 99%, Thermo Scientific Chemicals

CAS: 87-69-4 | C4H6O6 | 150.09 g/mol
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Chemical Identifiers
CAS20605-01-0
IUPAC Name1,3-diethyl 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)propanedioate
Molecular FormulaC9H16O6
InChI KeyWIOHBOKEUIHYIC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILESCCOC(=O)C(CO)(CO)C(=O)OCC
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SpecificationsSpecification SheetSpecification Sheet
FormCrystals or powder or crystalline powder
Identification (FTIR)Conforms
Appearance (Color)White to pale cream
Assay (GC)≥94.0%
Melting Point (clear melt)45.0-55.0°C
L-(+)-Tartaric acid is widely utilized in pharmaceutical industries. It is used in soft drinks, confectionaries, food products, gelatin desserts and as a buffering agent. It forms a compound, TiCl2(O-i-Pr)2 with Diels-Alder catalyst and acta as a chelate agent in metal industries. Owing to its efficient chelating property towards metal ions, it is used in farming and metal industries for complexing micronutrients and for cleaning metal surfaces, respectively.

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Applications
L-(+)-Tartaric acid is widely utilized in pharmaceutical industries. It is used in soft drinks, confectionaries, food products, gelatin desserts and as a buffering agent. It forms a compound, TiCl2(O-i-Pr)2 with Diels-Alder catalyst and acta as a chelate agent in metal industries. Owing to its efficient chelating property towards metal ions, it is used in farming and metal industries for complexing micronutrients and for cleaning metal surfaces, respectively.

Solubility
Soluble in water, methanol and acetone.

Notes
Incompatible with oxidizing agents, bases and reducing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only

General References:

  1. Resolving agent for chiral bases. For improved resolution technique using two immiscible solvents and half equivalent of resolving agent, claimed to give higher optical purities and faster resolutions than conventional methods, see: Tetrahedron, 41, 2465 (1985).
  2. In combination with NaBH 4, induces asymmetric reduction of functionalized ketones with ee figures approaching those achieved with more expensive reagents: J. Chem. Soc. Perkin 1, 1826 (1990).
  3. Preferred acid catalyst, in combination with MgSO 4, for acetalization of unsaturated aldehydes with ethylene glycol, giving less double bond isomerization than stronger acids including tosic and succinic: J. Org. Chem., 60, 2931 (1995).
  4. Mostowicz, D.; Dygas, M.; Kałuża, Z. Heck Cyclization Strategy for Preparation of Erythrinan Alkaloids: Asymmetric Synthesis of Unnatural (-)-Erysotramidine from L-Tartaric Acid. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80 (3), 1957-1963.
  5. Song, G.; Xu, C.; Li, B. Visual chiral recognition of mandelic acid enantiomers with l-tartaric acid-capped gold nanoparticles as colorimetric probes. Sens. Actuators B 2015, 215, 504-509.