Succinimide - Materials / Alfa Chemistry

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Succinimide

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Catalog Number

ACMA00017191

Product Name

Succinimide

Category

Polymers

IUPAC Name

pyrrolidine-2,5-dione

Molecular Weight

99.09g/mol

Molecular Formula

C4H5NO2

Canonical SMILES

C1CC(=O)NC1=O

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H5NO2/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5-3/h1-2H2,(H,5,6,7)

InChI Key

KZNICNPSHKQLFF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Boiling Point

288.0 °C

Melting Point

126.5 °C

Solubility

1.98 M

Application

Succinimide serves as a versatile chemical reagent with broad applications in industrial and organic synthesis processes. Primarily known for its role in silver plating, succinimide is integral in the synthesis of Lumiflavin, a photolysis product of vitamin B2. Additionally, it facilitates the formation of covalent bonds between proteins, peptides, and plastics. This compound is also crucial in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds through N-acyliminium cyclizations. It is characterized as a dicarboximide, derived from pyrrolidine with oxo groups at specific positions, and it naturally occurs in certain plants like Xanthium strumarium and Panax notoginseng. Succinimide appears as a white crystalline powder, easily dissolving in water, alcohol, or sodium hydroxide, while remaining insoluble in ether and chloroform.

Complexity

105

Covalently-Bonded Unit Count

EC Number

204-635-6;209-537-7

Exact Mass

99.032028g/mol

Formal Charge

Heavy Atom Count

MeSH Entry Terms

2,5-diketopyrrolidine;succinimide;succinimide calcium salt;succinimide gold potassium salt;succinimide mercury salt;succinimide silver potassium salt;succinimide silver salt;succinimide silver salt (+2);succinimide sodium salt

Monoisotopic Mass

99.032028g/mol

NSC Number

49152;41221;38417;13114;11204

Rotatable Bond Count

UNII

10X90O3503

Vapor Pressure

7.50e-05 mmHg

XLogP3

-1

MSDS