CAS No.108-31-6

Chemical Name:  Maleic anhydride

Synonyms:MA;MAN;mala;BM-10;Maleic;NSC9568;108-31-6;Lytron820;NSC 137651;NSC 137652

CBNumber: CB3188060

Molecular Formula: C4H2O3

Formula Weight: 98.06

MOL File: 108-31-6.M

 

Description

Maleic Anhydride (MAN) is an organic compound with the chemical formula C4H203. It is the acid anhydride of maleic acid and in its pure state it is a colourless or white solid with an acrid odour. Maleic anhydride is truly a remarkable molecule in that it possesses two types of chemical functionality making it uniquely useful in chemical synthesis and applications.Maleic Anhydride is a multifunctional chemical intermediate with applications in several fields of chemical industry. Its major end use is as feedstock in the production of unsaturated polyester resins (UPR).

 

Uses

in the manufacture of polyester resins, fumaric acid, agricultural pesticides, and alkyl resins  Maleic Anhydride is heterocyclic compound used in the manufacture of unsaturated polyester resins. Maleic Anhydride has a wide range of other applications; it is used in synthetic tensides, insecticides, herbicides and fungicides.

 in Diels-Alder syntheses (as a dienophile), manufacture of alkyd-type of resins, dye intermediates, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals (maleic hydrazide, malathion), in copolymerization reactions.

 

Storage

Moisture Sensitive. Ambient temperatures.