Phthalic acid is used as an active ingredient in polyesters and alkyd resins. It is also used as plasticizers for polyvinyl chloride and other polymers. It is also useful in the production of anthraquinone, phenolphthalein and phthalocyanine pigments. It serves as an organic reagent in the production of phthalates. It is used to prepare 1,3-cyclohexadiene by reduction using sodium amalgam.
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Applications
Phthalic acid is used as an active ingredient in polyesters and alkyd resins. It is also used as plasticizers for polyvinyl chloride and other polymers. It is also useful in the production of anthraquinone, phenolphthalein and phthalocyanine pigments. It serves as an organic reagent in the production of phthalates. It is used to prepare 1,3-cyclohexadiene by reduction using sodium amalgam.
Solubility
Soluble in water, alcohol and etherSoluble in alcohol. Slightly soluble in water, methanol and ether. Insoluble in chloroform.
Notes
Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- La Nasa, J.; Degano, I.; Modugno, F.; Colombini, M. P. Industrial alkyd resins: characterization of pentaerythritol and phthalic acid esters using integrated mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2015, 29 (3), 225-237.
- Tummanapelli, A. K.; Vasudevan, S. Estimating successive pKa values of polyprotic acids from ab initio molecular dynamics using metadynamics: the dissociation of phthalic acid and its isomers. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17 (9), 6383-6388.