Oxalic acid dihydrate
SIAL/O0376 - ReagentPlus®, ≥99.0% (GC)
Synonym: Ethanedioic acid dihydrate
CAS Number: 6153-56-6
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C2H2O4 · 2H2O
Molecular Weight: 126.07
EC Number: 205-634-3
MDL Number: MFCD00149102
Linear Formula: HO2CCO2H · 2H2O
Product Type: Chemical
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| assay | ≥99.0% (GC) |
| InChI | 1S/C2H2O4.2H2O/c3-1(4)2(5 |
| InChI key | GEVPUGOOGXGPIO-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | 104-106 °C (lit.) |
| product line | ReagentPlus® |
| Quality Level | 200  |
| SMILES string | [H]O[H].[H]O[H].OC(=O)C(O |
| vapor density | 4.4 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure | <0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C) |
| Application: | Oxalic acid dihydrate may be used: • As a catalyst in the preparation of tetrahydroquinoline derivatives via imino Diels-Alder reaction. • As a homogeneous catalyst in the preparation of highly functionalized piperidines via multi-component reaction. • As an oxidant for the formation of triazolinediones from corresponding urazoles and bisurazoles via oxidation. • In the transformation of thiols to nitrosothiols by reacting with sodium nitrite. |
| General description: | Oxalic acid dihydrate (OAD) crystals are reported to be monoclinic with P21/n space group. The electron density of OAD has been obtained using X-ray diffraction studies under high resolution. |
| Legal Information: | ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Packaging: | 1, 3 kg in poly bottle |
| Packaging: | 10 mg in glass bottle |
| Packaging: | 100, 500 g in poly bottle |
| Symbol |   GHS05,GHS07 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H302 + H312 - H318 |
| Precautionary statements | P264 - P270 - P280 - P301 + P312 - P302 + P352 + P312 - P305 + P351 + P338 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn |
| Risk Statements | 21/22-41 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36-37-39 |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Purity | ≥99.0% (GC) |
| mp | 104-106 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12352100 |