Glutaric acid is an alpha,-dicarboxylic acid that is a linear five-carbon dicarboxylic acid.
Definition
Glutaric acid is an alpha,-dicarboxylic acid that is a linear five-carbon dicarboxylic acid. It has a role as a human metabolite and a Daphnia magna metabolite. It is a dicarboxylic fatty acid and an alpha,omega-dicarboxylic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a glutarate and a glutarate(1-).
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII H849F7N00B · registered name Glutaric Acid · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report of the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel on the Safety Assessment of Dicarboxylic Acids, Salts and Esters
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name グルタル酸: 本品は、次の化学式で表される有機化合物である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 110-94-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 203-817-2
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID2021654
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID401654
- IUPAC
- Pentanedioic acid
- Molecular formula
- C5H8O4
- Molecular weight
- 132.115 g/mol
Measured properties
- Melting/freezing point
- 99 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 302 ℃
- Flash point
- 209 ℃
- Upper/lower flammability or explosive limits
- 11.5 / 1.9 %
- Vapour pressure
- 20 ㎜Hg ((200 ℃))
- Vapour density
- 4.5 ()
- Relative density
- 1.424 ((25 ℃))
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- (-0.47/-0.08 (calc.))
- Decomposition temperature
- 302-304 ℃
- Molecular weight
- 132.12
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 11 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Processing aids not otherwise specified3
- Intermediate2
- Dispersing agent1
- Solvent1
- Lubricating agent1
- Flavouring and nutrient1
- pH regulating agent1
- Plasticizer1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- A Rare Contiguous Gene Deletion Leading to Trichothiodystrophy Type 4 and Glutaric Aciduria Type 3 · 2022
- Gallium Ga 68-NODAGA-Ac-Cys-ZEGFR:1907 · 2020
- An experimental and theoretical investigation of loperamide hydrochloride-glutaric acid cocrystals. · 2013
- Variable Clinical and Biochemical Presentation of Seven Spanish Cases with Glutaryl-CoA-Dehydrogenase Deficiency · 1995
- Variable clinical and biochemical presentation of seven Spanish cases with glutaryl-CoA-dehydrogenase deficiency. · 1995
Linked databases 20
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata
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