Description

General description

Adipic acid is a straight-chain aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, commonly used in the manufacturing of nylon-6,6 and plasticizers. Conventionally it was manufactured from petrochemicals but in recent days it can be synthesized from renewable substrates by means of biological methods.

Application

Adipic acid can be used as a starting material in the preparation of:

Aliphatic polyesters by reacting with ethyleneglycol/1,3 propyleneglycol/1,4-butanediol using inorganic acid as a catalyst.
Cyclopentanone using a weak base such as Na₂CO₃.
Linear polybutylene adipate (PBA) having carboxylic acids at the terminals by reacting with 1,4-butanediol.

Specification

Synonym(s)	ADI-PURE^® LGA adipic acid, ADI-PURE^® high purity adipic acid, Hexanedioic acid
Linear Formula	HOOC(CH₂)₄COOH
CAS Number	124-04-9
Molecular Weight	146.14
Beilstein	1209788
EC Number	204-673-3
MDL number	MFCD00004420
eCl@ss	39021711
PubChem Substance ID	57653836
NACRES	NA.21