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Succinic acid

110-15-6C4H6O4118.088 g/mol

An α,ω-dicarboxylic acid resulting from the formal oxidation of each of the terminal methyl groups of butane to the corresponding carboxy group. It is an intermediate metabolite in the citric acid cycle. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number110-15-6ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC4H6O4ChEBI ↗
Molar mass118.088 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass118.02661 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:15741ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass118.09 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass118.02660867 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP-0.6PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)74.6PubChem ↗
H-bond donors2PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors4PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds3PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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succinic acid
butanedioic acid
KDYFGRWQOYBRFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
O=C(O)CCC(=O)O
InChI=1S/C4H6O4/c5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h1-2H2,(H,5,6)(H,7,8)

Names & synonyms

butanedioic acid

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Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

micronutrientanti-ulcer drugnutraceuticalradiation protective agentfundamental metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00846826 mol

Uses 118.088 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
O
Oxygen · 4 atoms
54.19%
C
Carbon · 4 atoms
40.68%
H
Hydrogen · 6 atoms
5.12%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:15741

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 1110 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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