General Description
Colorless liquid.
Reactivity Profile
DIMETHYL SUCCINATE(106-65-0) reacts with acids to liberate heat along with methanol and succinic acid. May react with strong oxidizing acids to liberate enough heat to ignite the reaction products. Heat is also generated by the interaction with caustic solutions. Flammable hydrogen is generated with alkali metals and hydrides.
Air & Water Reactions
Water soluble.
Health Hazard
May be harmful by inhalation, ingestion or skin absorption. May cause irritation.
Fire Hazard
This chemical is combustible. Vapor forms explosive mixtures with air.
Chemical Properties
colourless liquid
Chemical Properties
Dimethyl succinate has a pleasant, ethereal, winy odor and fruity, winy and burning flavor
Occurrence
Reported found in filbert nuts and starfruit.
Uses
Dimethyl succinate is used as a flavoring agent. It have wide range of industrial applications such as Functional fluids (open systems), Intermediates, Paint additives and coating additives, Pigments Solvents, Viscosity adjustors.
Definition
ChEBI: Dimethyl succinate is a fatty acid methyl ester.
Preparation
By direct esterification of the acid with the alcohol in benzene solution at the boil in the presence of concentrated H2SO4
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 0.1%: sweet, fruity, green with a soapy, waxy nuance
Toxics Screening Level
All
screening levels for DBE, including the new ITSL of 1 μg/m3 (annual) are based on a 90-day
inhalation study Keenan et a/.(1990), which identified a lowest-observed-adverse-effect-level
(LOAEL) of 20 mg/m3 for degeneration of nasal epithelium in female rats. Up to this time, the
individual dimethyl esters each had ITSLs of 0.1 μg/m3 (annual).
