Angelic acid

Angelic acid

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Name = Angelic acid
ImageFile = Angelic acid.png ImageName = Chemical structure of angelic acid
IUPACName = (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoic acid
OtherNames =
Section1 = Chembox Identifiers
CASNo = 565-63-9
PubChem = 643915
SMILES = CC=C(C)C(=O)O
Section2 = Chembox Properties
C=5|H=8|O=2
Density =
MeltingPt = 45.5°C
BoilingPt = 185°C

Angelic acid is a monocarboxylic unsaturated organic acid. It is found in garden angelica ("Angelica archangelica"), Umbelliferae, and many other plants. It was also isolated from the defensive secretion of certain carabid beetles.

Properties and uses

Angelic acid has a double bond between the second and third carbons of the chain. Together with tiglic acid form a pair of "cis-trans" isomers. Angelic acid is a volatile body, of biting acid taste and pungent sour odour. It crystallizes in colorless monoclinic prisms. Angelic acid was formerly used therapeutically as a sedative.

Name and discovery

Angelic acid gets its name from the plant garden angelica ("Angelica archangelica") from whose roots it was first obtained in 1842 by L. A. Buchner. [Buchner, L. A. (1842). "Ueber eine eigenthümliche flüchtige Säure aus der Angelicawurzel: Eine briefliche Mittheilung". "Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem." 42: 226–233. doi|10.1002/jlac.18420420211.]

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