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Isophthalic acid

99%

Synonym(s):

Benzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid

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Linear Formula:
C6H4-1,3-(CO2H)2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
166.13
Beilstein:
1909332
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

99%

autoignition temp.

1198 °F

mp

341-343 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OC(=O)c1cccc(c1)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H6O4/c9-7(10)5-2-1-3-6(4-5)8(11)12/h1-4H,(H,9,10)(H,11,12)

InChI key

QQVIHTHCMHWDBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Isophthalic acid can be used as a reactant to prepare:
  • Poly(m-phenyleneisophthalamide) by polycondensation with m-phenylenediamine via thermal solid-phase polymerization reaction.

It can also be used as a ligand to synthesize:
  • Metal coordination polymers by hydrothermal and sonochemical process.
  • Isophthalic acid-zirconium(IV) nanocomposite, which is used as a precursor to prepare crystalline tetragonal ZrO2 via thermal decomposition method.

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Yue-Xiu Si et al.
International journal of biological macromolecules, 48(4), 700-704 (2011-03-05)
Using inhibition kinetics and computational simulation, we studied the reversible inhibition of tyrosinase by isophthalic acid (IPA). IPA inhibited tyrosinase in a complex manner with K(i)=17.8 ± 1.8mM. Measurements of intrinsic and ANS-binding fluorescence showed that IPA induced no changes
Suman Kalyan Pal et al.
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), (45)(45), 10021-10031 (2009-11-12)
Pyrene chromophores carrying different rigid rod spacer groups (ethynylene, ethynylene-phenylene-ethynylene, and ethynylene-bicyclo[2.2.2]octylene-ethynylene) and bound to TiO2 nanostructured materials via an isophthalic acid (Ipa) anchor group have been investigated using quantum chemical calculations in order to elucidate structural and electronic properties
Bo Xiao et al.
Nature chemistry, 1(4), 289-294 (2009-07-01)
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most exciting materials discovered recently, attracting particular attention for their gas-adsorption and -storage properties. Certain MOFs show considerable structural flexibility in response to various stimuli. Although there are several examples of 'breathing' MOFs
Sonochemical synthesis of two nano-sized nickel (II) coordination polymers derived from flexible bis (benzimidazole) and isophthalic acid ligands
Li Jun-Xuan, et al.
Polyhedron, 160, 92-100 (2019)
Jarrod F Eubank et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(44), 17532-17535 (2011-06-17)
A new pillaring strategy, based on a ligand-to-axial approach that combines the two previous common techniques, axial-to-axial and ligand-to-ligand, and permits design, access, and construction of higher dimensional MOFs, is introduced and validated. Trigonal heterofunctional ligands, in this case isophthalic

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