Product Description
Glycolic acid is a vital small-molecule organic acid with active chemical reactivity. It not only undertakes massive basic industrial chemical preparation work, but also relies on its superior degradable polymerization performance to become a key raw material for modern green material upgrading, balancing traditional industrial applicability and emerging environmental protection value.
Product Parameters
| Melting point | 75-80 °C (lit.) |
| Boiling point | 112 °C |
| density | 1.25 g/mL at 25 °C |
| vapor pressure | 10.8 hPa (80 °C) |
| refractive index | n20/D 1.424 |
| Fp | 112°C |
| storage temp. | Store below +30°C. |
| solubility | H2O: 0.1 g/mL, clear |
| pka | 3.83(at 25℃) |
| form | Solution |
| color | White to off-white |
| PH | 2 (50g/l, H2O, 20℃) |
| Odor | at 100.00 %. odorless very mild buttery |
| Odor Type | buttery |
| Water Solubility | SOLUBLE |
| Sensitive | Hygroscopic |
| Merck | 144,498 |
| BRN | 1209322 |
| Stability: | Stable. Incompatible with bases, oxidizing agents and reducing agents. |
| InChIKey | AEMRFAOFKBGASW-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| LogP | -1.07 at 20℃ |
| CAS DataBase Reference | 79-14-1(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| NIST Chemistry Reference | Acetic acid, hydroxy-(79-14-1) |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Glycolic acid (79-14-1) |
Safety Information
| Hazard Codes | C |
| Risk Statements | 34-22-20 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37/39-45-23 |
| RIDADR | UN 3265 8/PG 3 |
| WGK Germany | 1 |
| RTECS | MC5250000 |
| TSCA | Yes |
| HS Code | 2918 19 98 |
| HazardClass | 8 |
| PackingGroup | II |
| Hazardous Substances Data | 79-14-1(Hazardous Substances Data) |
| Toxicity | LD50 orally in rats: 1.95 g/kg, H. F. Smyth et al., J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 23, 259 (1941) |
Application Scenarios
In fine chemical synthesis, it is used to produce ethylene glycol, menthyl glycolate and quinine glycolate, as well as custom chemical derivatives. In industrial manufacturing, it prepares tanning agents, fiber dyes, adhesives, metal chelators, petroleum demulsifiers and electroplating & metal surface treatment agents.
In public and daily chemical fields, it serves as a high-efficiency cleaner and disinfectant for food factories and livestock breeding environments, a boiler anti-scaling agent, and a functional additive for skincare cosmetic formulations.
