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1,2,4,5-Benzenetetracarboxylic acid

96%

Synonym(s):

Pyromellitic acid

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
C6H2(CO2H)4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
254.15
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

96%

form

powder

mp

281-284.5 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OC(=O)c1cc(C(O)=O)c(cc1C(O)=O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C10H6O8/c11-7(12)3-1-4(8(13)14)6(10(17)18)2-5(3)9(15)16/h1-2H,(H,11,12)(H,13,14)(H,15,16)(H,17,18)

InChI key

CYIDZMCFTVVTJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

1,2,4,5-Benzenetetracarboxylic acid is extensively used as a ligand in the synthesis of a wide range of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers. It can also be used to prepare supramolecular hydrogels by synthesizing gelators reacting 1,2,4,5-benzenetetracarboxylic acid with 4-hydroxy pyridine.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

617.0 °F

Flash Point(C)

325 °C

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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X Xiong et al.
Electrophoresis, 19(12), 2243-2251 (1998-10-07)
The simultaneous separation and detection of small cations and anions by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) with indirect ultraviolet (UV) detection was successfully demonstrated in a background electrolyte (BGE) containing two UV-absorbing components. Benzylamine, imidazole, benzenesulfonic acid, sulfosalicylic acid, and pyromellitic
Jacek Gawroński et al.
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 8(11), 2484-2494 (2002-08-16)
The chiral but highly symmetrical acyclic and cyclic pyromellitic diimide dimers and trimers 2-5 have been obtained and characterized for the first time. The pyromellitdiimide chromophores in these molecules are linked by a rigid diequatorially 1,2-disubstituted cyclohexane skeleton. The structures
1, 2, 4, 5?Benzenetetracarboxylic Acid and 4, 4??Bipyridine as Ligands in Designing Low?Dimensional Coordination Polymers.
Ruiz?Perez C, et al.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2004(19), 3873-3879 (2004)
Investigation on the assembled structure?property correlation of supramolecular hydrogel formed from low-molecular-weight gelator.
Wang Y, et al.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 319(1), 357-364 (2008)
Functionalization in flexible porous solids: Effects on the pore opening and the host? guest interactions.
Devic T, et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(3), 1127-1136 (2009)

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