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Pimelic acid
SpectraBase Compound ID GaXASwU6WH0
InChI InChI=1S/C7H12O4/c8-6(9)4-2-1-3-5-7(10)11/h1-5H2,(H,8,9)(H,10,11)
InChIKey WLJVNTCWHIRURA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 160.17 g/mol
Molecular Formula C7H12O4
Exact Mass 160.073559 g/mol
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Source of Sample Merck-Schuchardt Hohenbrunn
Technique KBr-Pellet
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Source of Sample The Matheson Company, Inc., East Rutherford, New Jersey
Technique FILM
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Source of Sample Aldrich
Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number P45001
Technique Mull
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Source of Sample MCB Manufacturing Chemists, Norwood, Ohio
Solvent Dimethyl sulfoxide-d6; Reference=Dioxane Spectrometer= Varian HA-100/Digilab FT-NMR-3
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Solvent DS
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Solvent Dioxane
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Solvent DMSO-D6
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Solvent Dioxane
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Solvent DMSO-D6
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Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number P45001
Solvent CDCl3 & DMSO-d6
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Solvent CDCl3
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Source of Sample The Matheson Company, Inc., East Rutherford, New Jersey
Solvent D2O
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Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number P45001
Solvent CDCl3 & DMSO-d6
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Source of Sample Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number P45001
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Source of Spectrum SRH-2022-3896-0
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Source of Spectrum O-3-1515-12
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Source of Spectrum NP-1-9318-0
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-1006-2
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0
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Source of Spectrum JC-408-151-5
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Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
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Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
Copyright Copyright © 2012-2025 Herbert Oberacher. All Rights Reserved.
Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
Copyright Copyright © 2012-2025 Herbert Oberacher. All Rights Reserved.
Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
Copyright Copyright © 2012-2025 Herbert Oberacher. All Rights Reserved.
Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
Copyright Copyright © 2012-2025 Herbert Oberacher. All Rights Reserved.
Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
Copyright Copyright © 2012-2025 Herbert Oberacher. All Rights Reserved.
Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
Copyright Copyright © 2012-2025 Herbert Oberacher. All Rights Reserved.
Source of Spectrum Herbert Oberacher, Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck/Austria
Technique Q-TOF
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Source of Sample Aldrich
Catalog Number 521787
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Source of Sample Aldrich
Catalog Number P45001
  • Heptanedioic acid
  • Pimelate
  • Pileric acid
  • Heptandioic acid
  • 6-Carboxyhexanoate
  • 1,7-Heptanedioic acid
  • Heptane-1,7-dioic acid
  • 1,5-Pentanedicarboxylic acid
  • Pentane-1,5-dicarboxylic acid
  • EINECS 203-840-8
  • NSC 30112
  • BRN 1210024

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