Succinaldehyde

Succinaldehyde
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Butanedial[1]
Other names
Succinaldehyde
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c5-3-1-2-4-6/h3-4H,1-2H2
  • O=CCCC=O
Properties
C4H6O2
Molar mass 86.09
Appearance colourless liquid
Density 1.064 g/cm3
Boiling point 58 °C (136 °F; 331 K) at 9 mm Hg
with hydration
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Succinaldehyde or succindialdehyde is an organic compound with the formula (C2H4(CHO)2. It is a colorless viscous liquid.[2] Typical of some other saturated dialdehydes, succinaldehyde is handled as the hydrates or methanol-derived acetal. It is a precursor to tropinone.[3] Succinaldehyde can be used as a crosslinking agent for proteins, but it is less widely used than the related dialdehyde glutaraldehyde.

  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 908. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference OS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ U.S. patent 2,710,883