Pimelic acid is an alpha,-dicarboxylic acid that is pentane with two carboxylic acid groups at positions C-1 and C-5.
Definition
Pimelic acid is an alpha,-dicarboxylic acid that is pentane with two carboxylic acid groups at positions C-1 and C-5. It has a role as an Escherichia coli 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 pimelate and a pimelate(1-).
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII BZQ96WX25F · registered name PIMELIC ACID · single chemical substance
Pimelic Acid is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 111-16-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID5021598
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID001598
- IUPAC
- Heptanedioic acid
- Molecular formula
- C7H12O4
- Molecular weight
- 160.169 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Other Solid · Solid, [Merck Index] White powder, [Alfa Aesar MSDS]
- Boiling point
- 342 °C · 342.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
- Melting point
- 106 °C · 103 - 106 °C
- Solubility
- 50000 mg/L (at 20 °C) · 50.0 mg/mL
- Dissociation constant
- 4.51 (at 25 °C)
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 2 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.
- Plasticizer1
- Lubricating agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
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