Potassium tartrate

Base Information

• Chemical Name: Potassium tartrate
• CAS No.: 147-78-4
• Molecular Formula: C₄H₅O₆*K
• Molecular Weight: 188.178
• European Community (EC) Number: 213-067-8,255-165-3,205-697-7
• UNII: O9WLL1ZL8S
• DSSTox Substance ID: DTXSID90889442
• Nikkaji Number: J7.170F
• Wikipedia: Potassium tartrate,Potassium_tartrate
• Wikidata: Q418064
• Mol file: 147-78-4.mol

Synonyms:(R*,R*)-(+-)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid, monoammonium monosodium salt;aluminum tartrate;ammonium tartrate;calcium tartrate;calcium tartrate tetrahydrate;Mn(III) tartrate;potassium tartrate;seignette salt;sodium ammonium tartrate;sodium potassium tartrate;sodium tartrate;stannous tartrate;tartaric acid;tartaric acid, ((R*,R*)-(+-))-isomer;tartaric acid, (R*,S*)-isomer;tartaric acid, (R-(R*,R*))-isomer;tartaric acid, (S-(R*,R*))-isomer;tartaric acid, ammonium sodium salt, (1:1:1) salt, (R*,R*)-(+-)-isomer;tartaric acid, calcium salt, (R-R*,R*)-isomer;tartaric acid, monoammonium salt, (R-(R*,R*))-isomer;tartrate

Chemical Property of Potassium tartrate

Chemical Property:

• Vapor Pressure: 4.93E-08mmHg at 25°C
• Boiling Point: 399.3°C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 209.4°C
• Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 2
• Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 6
• Rotatable Bond Count: 1
• Exact Mass: 225.92820081
• Heavy Atom Count: 12
• Complexity: 123

Purity/Quality:

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Safty Information:

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MSDS Files:

SDS file from LookChem

Useful:

• Canonical SMILES: C(C(C(=O)[O-])O)(C(=O)[O-])O.[K+].[K+]
• Isomeric SMILES: [C@@H]([C@H](C(=O)[O-])O)(C(=O)[O-])O.[K+].[K+]

Technology Process of Potassium tartrate

There total 11 articles about Potassium tartrate which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield:

potassium pentathionate*1.5 water + L-Tartaric acid (87-69-4,138508-61-9) → potassium bitartrate (147-78-4,868-14-4,921-53-9,2690-13-3,4504-81-8,4601-94-9,34004-13-2,40968-90-9,57341-16-9,91269-83-9) + pentathionic acid (14700-26-6)

Guidance literature:

With ethanol; In water; after 2 days filtrn., evapn. in vacuum above P2O5;

DOI:10.1039/CT8885300278

Reference yield:

hydrogenchloride (7647-01-0,15364-23-5) + potassium antimony(III) tartrate → antimonypentachloride (7647-18-9) + potassium bitartrate (147-78-4,868-14-4,921-53-9,2690-13-3,4504-81-8,4601-94-9,34004-13-2,40968-90-9,57341-16-9,91269-83-9)

Guidance literature:

In neat (no solvent); stream of HCl; strong evolution of heat;;

Reference yield:

potassium chlorate (3811-04-9) + mono-ammonium DL-tartrate + barium carbonate → barium chlorate monohydrate + potassium bitartrate (147-78-4,868-14-4,921-53-9,2690-13-3,4504-81-8,4601-94-9,34004-13-2,40968-90-9,57341-16-9,91269-83-9)

Guidance literature:

In water; byproducts: NH3; mixing boiling aq. solns. of NH4 hydrotartrate and KClO3; adding alc.; crystn. of K-hydrotartrate; filtration; boiling with BaCO3 to eliminate NH3; crystn.;

upstream raw materials:

potassium fluoride

tartaric acid

hydrogenchloride

potassium chlorate

Downstream raw materials:

potassium carbonate

antimony

calcium mesotartrate*3H₂O

copper(II) mesotartrate dihydrate