Title: Tricarballylic Acid
CAS Registry Number: 99-14-9
CAS Name: 1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid
Synonyms: b-carboxyglutaric acid
Molecular Formula: C6H8O6
Molecular Weight: 176.12
Percent Composition: C 40.92%, H 4.58%, O 54.51%
Literature References: Natural product produced by rumen bacteria; structural component of fumonisin mycotoxins. Prepn from aconitic acid by reduction with sodium amalgam: Fittig,
Ann. 314, 15 (1901); by hydrolysis of ethyl propane-1,1,2,3-tetracarboxylate: Clarke, Murray,
Org. Synth. coll. vol. I (2nd ed., 1941) p 523. Absorption spectrum: Bielecki, Henri,
Ber. 46, 2596 (1913). Crystal structure: J. C. Barnes, J. D. Paton,
Acta Crystallogr. C44, 758 (1988). Production by rumen microorganisms: J. B. Russell, N. Forsberg,
Br. J. Nutr. 56, 153 (1986). Review of chemistry: A. S. H. Elgazwy,
Curr. Org. Chem. 8, 1405-1423 (2004).
Properties: Large, orthorhombic prisms from water or ether, mp 166°. pK1 (30°): 3.49; pK2: 4.58; pK3: 5.83. At 18° 50 g dissolve in 100 ml water and 0.9 g dissolve in 100 ml ether. Quite sol in alc.
Melting point: mp 166°
pKa: pK1 (30°): 3.49; pK2: 4.58; pK3: 5.83
Derivative Type: Trimethyl ester
CAS Registry Number: 6138-26-7
Molecular Formula: C9H14O6
Molecular Weight: 218.20
Percent Composition: C 49.54%, H 6.47%, O 43.99%
Properties: d420 1.1822; bp13 150°;
nD20 1.4398.
Boiling point: bp13 150°
Index of refraction: nD20 1.4398
Density: d420 1.1822