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Encyclopedia > Succinic acid
Succinic acid
Common name succinic acid
Systematic name butanedioic acid
Other names ethane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid

Succinic acid, originally called spirit of amber, is a carboxylic acid with the formula: In science, a common name is any name by which a species or other concept is known that is not the official scientific name. ... IUPAC nomenclature is a system of naming chemical compounds and of describing the science of chemistry in general. ... Structure of a carboxylic acid Carboxylic acids are organic acids characterized by the presence of a carboxyl group, which has the formula -C(=O)-OH, usually written as COOH. In general, the salts and anions of carboxylic acids are called carboxylates. ...

HOOC-CH2-CH2-COOH

At room temperature, pure succinic acid is a solid that forms colorless, odorless prisms. It has a melting point of 185 °C and a boiling point of 235 °C. The anion, succinate, is a component of the citric acid cycle and is capable of donating electrons to the electron transfer chain via the following reaction: Room temperature, in laboratory reports, is taken to be roughly 21–23 degrees Celsius (69-73 degrees Fahrenheit), or 294–296 kelvins. ... In jewelry, a solid gold piece is the alternative to gold-filled or gold-plated jewelry. ... In geometry, a prism is a polyhedron made of two parallel copies of some polygonal base joined by faces that are rectangles or parallelograms. ... The melting point of a solid is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid. ... The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which it can change its state from a liquid to a gas throughout the bulk of the liquid. ... An anion is an ion with negative charge. ... The citric acid cycle (also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle, the TCA cycle, or the Krebs cycle) is a series of chemical reactions of central importance in all living cells that utilize oxygen as part of cellular respiration. ... Properties The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle which carries a negative electric charge. ... The electron transfer chain (also called the electron transport chain, ETC, e-train, or simply electron transport), is any series of protein complexes and lipid-soluble messengers that convert the reductive potential of energized electrons into a cross-membrane proton gradient. ...

succinate + FAD → fumarate + FADH2

Esters of succinic acid are called dialkyl succinates. In biochemistry, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is the precursor molecule to FADH2. ... Flavin is also the name of a commune in the Aveyron département, in France Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), upper, reduced FAD (FADH2), lower Flavin is a tricyclic heteronuclear organic ring whose biochemical source is the vitamin riboflavin. ... General formula of an ester of a carboxylic acid. ...

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History

Spirit of amber was procured from amber by pulverising and distilling it by a sand heat (a sand bath; vessel filled with heated sand). It was chiefly used externally for rheumatic aches and pains, and internally in inveterate gleets. Amber pendants. ... Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine, is devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatic diseases. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...


Safety

The acid is combustible and corrosive, capable of causing burns. "Harmful by inhalation, ingestion and through skin absorption. Wash after handling. Eye contact may cause serious damage." Combustion or burning is a chemical process, an exothermic reaction between a substance (the fuel) and a gas (the oxidizer), usually O2, to release heat. ... Corrosion is the destructive reaction of a metal with another material, e. ...


References

Cyclopaedia; or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

See also

Oil of amber is a fine, transparent, ponderous, yellow oil, procured from spirit of amber by increasing the heating temperature. ...

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Succinic Acid (Succinate) - Cheerz (486 words)
In the 1930's and 40's, European biochemists discovered that succinic acid is an amino acid created naturally in every cell of the body capable of aerobic respiration, participating in the citric acid, or Krebs cycle.
Succinic acid was also prescribed to victims of the Spitak earthquake in Armenia.
Succinic acid has more recently become renowned as the long-anticipated remedy for the alcohol hangover because of its remarkable effect in safely supporting the body's natural ability to process acetaldehyde, alcohol's first and most toxic metabolite.
Succinic acid - LoveToKnow 1911 (812 words)
Numerous salts of the acid are known, the basic ferric salt being occasionally used in quantitative analysis for the separation of iron from aluminium.
Succinic anhydride, C 2 H 4 (CO) 2 0, is obtained by heating the acid or its sodium salt with acetic anhydride; by the action of acetyl chloride on the barium salt; by distilling a mixture of succinic acid and succinyl chloride, or by heating succinyl chloride with anhydrous oxalic acid.
CH (CH 3) C02H, is formed by the dry distillation of tartaric acid; by heating pyruvic acid with concentrated hydrochloric acid to 180° C.; by the reduction of citraconic and mesaconic acids with sodium amalgam; and by the hydrolysis of /-cyanbutyric acid.
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