Acrylic acid

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Name (Hebrew)
חומצה אקרילית
Name (Latin)
Acrylic acid
Name (Arabic)
حمض الأكريليك
Other forms of name
Acroleic acid
Ethylenecarboxylic acid
Propene acid
Propenoic acid
Vinylformic acid
See Also From tracing topical name
Alkenes
Carboxylic acids
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q324628
Library of congress: sh 87000370
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Acrylamide, 1985.
  • Hawley chem. dict.(acrylic acid; variants: acroleic acid, propenoic acid)
  • Hackh chem. dict.(acrylic acid; variants: acroleic acid, propenoic acid, propene acid, ethylenecarboxylic acid)
  • LC data base, 12/23/86(acrylic acid)
  • Merck(acrylic acid; variants: 2-Propenoic acid, vinylformic acid)
  • Chem. abst.(2-propenoic acid; CAS reg. no.: 79-10-7)
  • McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech.(acrylic acid)
Wikipedia description:

Acrylic acid (IUPAC: prop-2-enoic acid) is an organic compound with the formula CH2=CHCOOH. It is the simplest unsaturated carboxylic acid, consisting of a vinyl group connected directly to a carboxylic acid terminus. This colorless liquid has a characteristic acrid or tart smell. It is miscible with water, alcohols, ethers, and chloroform. More than a million tons are produced annually.

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