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Dimethyl itaconate

99%

Synonym(s):

2-(Methylene)butanedioic dimethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3O2CCH2C(=CH2)CO2CH3
CAS Number:
617-52-7
Molecular Weight:
158.15
Beilstein:
386674
EC Number:
210-519-6
MDL number:
MFCD00008446
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24881394
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

99%

form

solid

bp

208 °C (lit.)

mp

37-41 °C (lit.)

density

1.124 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

SMILES string

COC(=O)CC(=C)C(=O)OC

InChI

1S/C7H10O4/c1-5(7(9)11-3)4-6(8)10-2/h1,4H2,2-3H3

InChI key

ZWWQRMFIZFPUAA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Dimethyl itaconate can be synthesized via esterification of itaconic acid.

Application

Dimethyl itaconate can be used for the rhodium catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of (S)-dimethyl-2-methylsuccinate and (R)-methyl succinic acid dimethyl ester.

Pictograms

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GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H315,H317

Hazard Classifications

Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1B

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

212.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

100 °C - closed cup

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dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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?Modification of poly(propylene) through grafting with dimethyl
itaconate in solution?
Yazdani-Pedram M, et al.
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 199(11), 2495- 2500 (1998)
"Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of dimethyl itaconate with trans-chelating chiral diphosphine ligands TRAP-rhodium complexes"
Kuwano R, et al.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 6(10), 2521-2526 (1995)
?New ferrocenyl ligands with broad applications in asymmetric catalysis?
Lotz M, et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 41(24), 4708-4711 (2002)
Vittoria Chimisso et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 35(41), 13413-13420 (2019-10-05)
Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam-co-itaconate) (P(VCL-co-IADME) microgels were synthesized varying the molar ratio between VCL and IADME via free radical precipitation polymerization in the presence of quaternary ammonium surfactant. In order to determine the effect of the divalent metal ions on the structure and

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