crotonic acid


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cro·ton·ic acid

 (krō-tŏn′ĭk)
n.
Either of two geometric isomers of a corrosive organic acid, C4H6O2, used in the preparation of pharmaceuticals and resins.

[From New Latin Croton, plant genus; see croton.]
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crotonic acid

(krəʊˈtɒnɪk)
n
(Elements & Compounds) a colourless crystalline insoluble unsaturated carboxylic acid produced by oxidation of crotonaldehyde and used in organic synthesis; trans-2-butenoic acid. Formula: CH3CH:CHCOOH
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Degradation products are crotonic acid, linear oligomers having a crotonate end group and dimers and trimers of crotonic acid [9].
The rumen VFA composition was determined by gas chromatography (Chrompack, model CP-9002; Chrompack International BV, Middelburg, the Netherlands) using a 50-m fused-silica column (CP-Wax Chrompack Capillary Column; Varian Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA), and crotonic acid as the internal standard.
Replaces the specification for 3-hydroxybutanoic acid-3-hydroxypentanoic acid, copolymer (FCM substance 744) with a specific migration limit for crotonic acid.
High performance liquid chromatography analysis revealed that the retention time of crotonic acid (by-product) obtained from digested PHA was approximately 24.97 min which was similar to the retention time of crotonic acid (by-product) obtained from the digestion of commercially available poly-3-hydroxybutyrate and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate (SigmaAldrich).
In the preparation of acrylamidebased hydrogels, there are a number of studies containing sodium acrylate, crotonic acid, maleic acid, and so forth used as hydrophilic monomers [19, 20].
The company is also working on chemical production steps, including extraction of the PHB using solvents, and a thermal method of converting the PHB into a chemical called crotonic acid, which can be used as a feedstock for polymers.
The nickel cobalt crotonate hydrazinate is prepared by heating aqueous suspension of the corresponding metal carbonates (NiC[O.sub.3].2Ni[(OH).sub.2].4[H.sub.2]O, 1 g, 0.002 mol; CoC[O.sub.3], 1 g, 0.008 mol) and crotonic acid (3.44 g, 0.03 mol) in 50 mL of water.
The formula also comprises at least one aqueous dispersion of particles of a polymer obtained by polymerization or copolymerization of monomers selected from the group consisting of styrene, vinyl acetate, urethanes, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, and crotonic acid; at least one acrylamide/sodium 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl) amino]-1-propanesulfonate copolymer polyelectrolyte, which is different from the polymer in aqueous dispersion; at least one surfactant with an HLB of greater than or equal to 6.
The second monomer unit is selected from the group consisting of C1-3 alkyl esters of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and crotonic acid. The third monomer unit is an ethylenically unsaturated monomer with at least one acid group.
Acrylic acid (AA; > 99%, Fluka, Switzerland), Crotonic acid (CA; > 97%, Fluka, Switzerland) monomers and azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN, Merck) were used as received.