Citric Acid → Anhydromethylenecitric acid

HRID 728690Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:13])(=[O:12])[CH2:2][C:3]([CH2:8][C:9]([OH:11])=[O:10])([C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6])[OH:4].[CH2:14]=O>>[CH2:14]1[O:4][C:3]([CH2:2][C:1]([OH:13])=[O:12])([CH2:8][C:9]([OH:11])=[O:10])[C:5](=[O:7])[O:6]1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 311Citric Acid

HCID 712Formaldehyde

Product 1

HCID 8945Anhydromethylenecitric acid

Procedure

reacting citric acid with paraformaldehyde to form anhydromethylene citric acid;

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-c0c4a861b46941e48c7d71e6757409e9
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1991_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05049699

Reaction notes

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