Succinic anhydride

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| ImageAlt1 = Skeletal formula of succinic anhydride

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| PIN = Oxolane-2,5-dione{{cite book | title = Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry : IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013 (Blue Book) | publisher = The Royal Society of Chemistry | date = 2014 | location = Cambridge | page = 835 | doi = 10.1039/9781849733069-FP001 | isbn = 978-0-85404-182-4| chapter = Front Matter }}

| OtherNames = 3,4-Dihydrofuran-2,5-dione, Butanedioic anhydride
Dihydrofuran-2,5-dione
Succinic acid anhydride
Succinyl oxide
Dihydro-2,5-furandione

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| InChI = 1/C4H4O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7-3/h1-2H2

| InChIKey = RINCXYDBBGOEEQ-UHFFFAOYAN

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| StdInChI = 1S/C4H4O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7-3/h1-2H2

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| StdInChIKey = RINCXYDBBGOEEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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| CASNo = 108-30-5

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| UNII = 6RF4O17Z8J

| PubChem = 7922

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| KEGG = C19524

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| ChEBI = 36595

| SMILES = O=C1OC(=O)CC1

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| C=4 | H=4 | O=3

| Appearance = Colorless crystalline needles

| Density = 1.23 g/cm³

| MeltingPtC = 119 to 120

| MeltingPt_ref = {{cite journal | doi = 10.1021/ja01296a038 | year = 1936 | last1 = McLean | first1 = Andrew | last2 = Adams | first2 = Roger | journal = J. Am. Chem. Soc. | volume = 58 | issue = 5 | pages = 804 | title = Succinic-α-d₂,α'-d₂ Acid and its Derivatives}}

| BoilingPtC = 261

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| Solubility = Decomposes

| MagSus = −47.5·10⁻⁶ cm³/mol

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| FlashPtC = 147

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| LD50 = 1510 mg/kg (oral, rat)

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Succinic anhydride, is an organic compound with the molecular formula (CH₂CO)₂O. This colorless solid is the acid anhydride of succinic acid.