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Thiophene-2-acetic acid

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Thiophene-2-acetic acid
Names
Other names
T2AA, 2-Thiopheneacetic acid, 2-Thienylacetic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
114551
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.016.037 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 217-639-8
101935
KEGG
  • InChI=1S/C6H6O2S/c7-6(8)4-5-2-1-3-9-5/h1-3H,4H2,(H,7,8)
    Key: SMJRBWINMFUUDS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C1=CSC(=C1)CC(=O)O
Properties
C6H6O2S
Molar mass 142.17 g·mol−1
Appearance white solid
Hazards
GHS labelling:[1]
GHS05: Corrosive
Danger
H314
P260, P264, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P321, P363, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Thiophene-2-acetic acid is the organosulfur compound with the formula HO2CCH2C4H3S. Together with thiophene-3-acetic acid, it is one of two isomeric thiophene acetic acids.

Preparation and use

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It is prepared from 2-acetylthiophene.

It is a precursor to the antibiotics cephaloridine and cephalothin.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2-Thiopheneacetic acid". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. ^ Swanston, Jonathan (2006). "Thiophene". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a26_793.pub2. ISBN 3527306730..