2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is an organic chemical compound consisting of two carboxylic acid groups attached to a central furan ring. It was first reported as dehydromucic acid by Rudolph Fittig and Heinzelmann in 1876, who produced it via the action of concentrated hydrobromic acid upon mucic acid. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article 2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid, revision 1326120324.

Property

Value

Formula

C6H4O5, 156.09 g/mol

Melting point

342 °C

Boiling point

420 °C

Density

1.604 g/cm³

Flash point

207 °C

pKa

4.38

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