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Dehydroacetic acid

≥98.0% (T)

Synonym(s):

2-Acetyl-5-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-hexenoic acid δ-lactone

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H8O4
CAS Number:
520-45-6
Molecular Weight:
168.15
Beilstein:
6129
EC Number:
208-293-9
MDL number:
MFCD00066709
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
57648475
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

≥98.0% (T)

form

powder

bp

270 °C (lit.)

mp

111-113 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(=O)C1C(=O)OC(C)=CC1=O

InChI

1S/C8H8O4/c1-4-3-6(10)7(5(2)9)8(11)12-4/h3,7H,1-2H3

InChI key

PGRHXDWITVMQBC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Dehydroacetic acid is one of the food additives found in red wine and was determined by ultra-fast liquid chromatography-tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (UFLC-MS/MS).

Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H302

Precautionary Statements

P264 - P270 - P301 + P312 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

314.6 °F

Flash Point(C)

157 °C

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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A novel and effective dispersive solid-phase extraction (dSPE) procedure with rapid magnetic separation using ethylenediamine-functionalized magnetic polymer as an adsorbent was developed. The new procedure had excellent clean-up ability for the selective removal of the matrix in red wine. An
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The present work is devoted to the structural elucidation of by-products issued from the direct ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) irradiation of dehydroacetic acid (DHA) in solution and in cosmetic emulsion. Analyses were carried out using gas chromatography coupled with ion trap mass
Yuka Sakaguchi et al.
Journal of applied toxicology : JAT, 28(4), 524-529 (2007-10-18)
Sodium dehydroacetate (DHA-S) is used as a food additive, preservative and antimicrobial agent. Repeated oral administration of DHA-S in rats induced severe hemorrhage in multiple organs and prolongation of blood coagulation factors. To determine the mechanism of hemorrhage, the protective
Luiz C Dias et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 57(4), 1399-1405 (2009-01-28)
A short and efficient approach to a range of new chiral and achiral functionalized (E)-enaminopyran-2,4-diones starting with commercially available dehydroacetic acid is described. The phytotoxic properties of these (E)-enaminopyran-2,4-diones were evaluated by their ability to interfere with the growth of
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