L (+)-Tartaric Acid
Cat. Number: FA-00384
Size: 100g, 500g, 1kg, Custom size
Description
Tartaric acid is an alpha-carboxylic acid, diprotic acid, found in a variety of plants, such as grapes, bananas, and tamarind, and it is also one of the main 9s in wine. It is often combined with baking soda to act as a leavening agent for flour and as an antioxidant additive in foods, which can give foods a sour taste.
Product Details
CAS Number
87-69-4
EC Number
201-766-0
Synonyms
(2R,3R)- (+)-Tartaric acid, L-Threaric acid
Linear Formula
HO2CCH (OH)CH (OH)CO2H
Application
Tartaric acid can be used as food and beverage additives, raw materials for pharmaceutical industry and as a very important chiral ligand and chirality in contemporary organic synthesis, can be used to prepare many well-known chiral catalysts, and can be used as a chiral source to synthesize complex natural product molecule.
Appearance
Crystalline powder, crystals
Assay
≥99.5%
Molecular Weight
150.09
SMILES
O[C@H] ([C@@H] (O)C (O)=O)C (O)=O
InChI
1S/C4H6O6/c5-1 (3 (7)8)2 (6)4 (9)10/h1-2,5-6H, (H,7,8) (H,9,10)/t1-,2-/m1/s1
InChI key
FEWJPZIEWOKRBE-JCYAYHJZSA-N
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