Propiolic acid
Propiolic acid is the organic compound with the formula HC2CO2H. It is the simplest acetylenic carboxylic acid. It is a colourless liquid that crystallises to give silky crystals. Near its boiling point, it decomposes.
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Prop-2-ynoic acid[1] | |
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Propiolic acid Acetylene carboxylic acid Propargylic acid Acetylene mono-carboxylic acid | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.006.763  |
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| MeSH | C011537 |
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| C3H2O2 | |
| Molar mass | 70.047 g·mol−1 |
| Density | 1.1325 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 9 °C (48 °F; 282 K) |
| Boiling point | 144 °C (291 °F; 417 K) (decomposes) |
| Acidity (pKa) | pka = 1.89 [2] |
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It is soluble in water and possesses an odor like that of acetic acid.[3][4]
Preparation
It is prepared commercially by oxidizing propargyl alcohol at a lead electrode.[5] It can also be prepared by decarboxylation of acetylenedicarboxylic acid.
Reactions and applications
Exposure to sunlight converts it into trimesic acid (benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid).[4] It undergoes bromination to give dibromoacrylic acid. With hydrogen chloride it forms chloroacrylic acid. Its ethyl ester condenses with hydrazine to form pyrazolone.[4]
It forms a characteristic explosive solid upon treatment to its aqueous solution with ammoniacal silver nitrate.[4] An amorphous explosive precipitate forms with ammoniacal cuprous chloride.
Propiolates
Propiolates are esters or salts of propiolic acid. Common examples include methyl propiolate and ethyl propiolate.
See also
References
- Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book). Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry. 2014. p. 748. doi:10.1039/9781849733069-FP001. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/propiolic_acid
- ed, Susan Budavari (1990). The Merck index an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals (11. ed., 2. print. ed.). Rahway, NJ: Merck. pp. 7833, 1911. ISBN 9780911910285.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 449.
- Wilhelm Riemenschneider (2002). "Carboxylic Acids, Aliphatic". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a05_235. ISBN 3527306730.