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malonic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as H2malo, propanedioic acid, propanediolic acid, methanedicarboxylic acid, methanedicarbonic acid, dicarboxymethane, carboxyacetic acid
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H4O4
- Molecular weight
- 104.06 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hydron;propanedioate
- SMILES
- [H+].[H+].C(C(=O)[O-])C(=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- OFOBLEOULBTSOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 80.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- dicarboxylic acid
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 104.011
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- chemical formula
- C₃H₄O₄
- Commons category
- Malonic acid
- canonical SMILES
- C(C(=O)O)C(=O)O
- density
- 1.6305
- melting point
- 135.6
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- maleic acid
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Encyclopedic overview
Malonic acid is a dicarboxylic acid with structure CH2(COOH)2. The ionized form of malonic acid, as well as its esters and salts, are known as malonates. For example, diethyl malonate is malonic acid's diethyl ester. The name originates from the Greek word μᾶλον (malon) meaning 'apple'.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “malonic acid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.