Fumaric Acid

CAS: 110-17-8

Ref. TR-F500380

Product Information

• Name: Fumaric Acid
• Synonyms: (E)-Butenedioic Acid, Malic Acid Imp. A (EP), Aspartic Acid Imp. B (EP), Imp. A (EP), 2-Butenedioic acid (E)-, Fumaric acid (8CI), (2E)-But-2-enedioic acid, (E)-2-Butenedioic acid, 2-(E)-Butenedioic acid, 2-Butenedioic acid, (E)-, Allomaleic acid, Bakeshure 451, Bakeshure 470, Boletic acid, FC 33, FC 33 (acid), Lichenic acid, NSC 2752, Petrom, trans-1,2-Ethylenedicarboxylic acid, trans-2-Butenedioic acid
• Brand: TRC
• Description: Applications Fumaric Acid is a compound that occurs in many plants. It is essential to vegetable and tissue respiration and also used as an antioxidant. Fumaric Acid is also a metabolite of Dimethyl Fumarate (D464965), a compound used as a treatment for the relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.References Jelitto, T., et al.: Planta, 188, 238 (1992); Schimrigk, S., et al.: Eur. J. Neurol., 13, 604 (2006); Son, H., et al.: J. Agric. Food Chem., 56, 8007 (2008)

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 116.07
• Formula: C₄H₄O₄
• Color/Form: Neat
• InChI: InChI=1S/C4H4O4/c5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h1-2H,(H,5,6)(H,7,8)/b2-1+
• SMILES: Cl.N=C(N)NCCNc1ccc([N+](=O)[O-])c(N)n1