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Adipic Acid

What is Adipic Acid?

Adipic acid is an organic compound and from the industrial perspective, it is the most important dicarboxylic acid. [1]

Preparation

Historically, adipic acid was prepared from various fats using oxidation. Currently adipic acid is produced from a mixture of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone called "KA oil", the abbreviation of "ketone-alcohol oil." The KA oil is oxidized with nitric acid to give adipic acid, via a multistep pathway. [1]


History

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Other Ingredient Information

Products containing Adipic Acid


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Source(s) Derived From

 Chemical (Synthetic) Sources

Natural or Artificial?

 Artificial

References
  1. Adipic acid - Wikipedia

Aliases (Also Known As)

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Revision History

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Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchApril 30, 2010 @ 3:11 AM

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