Dimethyl Succinate (DMS) is one of the multitudes of useful, high-quality chemical products available from Chemoxy. The chemical structure of Dimethyl Succinate can be seen below.
Dimethyl succinate is used as a flavouring agent. It also has wide range of industrial applications such as Functional fluids (open systems), Intermediates, Paint additives and Coating additives, Pigments Solvents, Viscosity adjustors.
Product Name | Dimethyl succinate, Butanedioic acid dimethyl ester |
Empirical Formula | C6H10O4 |
CAS Number | 106-65-0 |
Synonyms | DMS |
Physical State | Liquid at room temp (mpt 17-18ºC) Bpt 196ºC |
Odour | Fruity |
Viscosity | 2.920 [mPa s] at 20.ºC
1.816 [mPa s] at 40.ºC 1.410 [mPa s] at 60.ºC 1.133 [mPa s] at 80.ºC |
DMS is used in HALS (Hindered Amine Light Stabilisers) via the production of Dimethyl Succinate/4 hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl )-2,2,6,6 –tetramethylpiperidine copolymer. HALS are used to inhibit degradation of polymers. DMS is also used as a pigment intermediate DMS is also used in Pharma applications. It has been used to form one step furan resins in subterranean wellbores, conductive pastes and even paper coatings and photographics.
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Click here to view the Dimethyl Succinate 99 Technical Data Sheet.
Click here to view the Dimethyl Succinate Technical Data Sheet.