what is the chemical equation[composition] of citric acid ?

Question

just citric acid ------- in chemical form

Answer 1

C6H8O7

Answer 2

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what is the chemical equation[composition] of citric acid ?
just citric acid ------- in chemical form

Answer 3

Chemical Formula: H3C6H5O7.H2O
Synonyms: 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, monohydrate

Composition/Information on Ingredients

Ingredient CAS No Percent Hazardous
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Citric Acid 77-92-9 99 - 100% Yes

Answer 4

citric acid is a tribasic acid. molecular formula is C6H8O7
molecular mass is : 192.03.
COOH
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HOOC-C-COOH
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OH
Citric acid is a weak organic acid found in citrus fruits. It is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic (sour) taste to foods and soft drinks. In biochemistry, it is important as an intermediate in the citric acid cycle and therefore occurs in the metabolism of almost all living things. It also serves as an environmentally benign cleaning agent and acts as an antioxidant.

Citric acid exists in a variety of fruits and vegetables, but it is most concentrated in lemons and limes, where it can comprise as much as 8% of the dry weight of the fruit.

The physical properties of citric acid are summarized in the table at right. The acidity of citric acid results from the three carboxyl groups COOH each of which can lose a proton in solution. If this happens, the resulting ion is the citrate ion. Citrates make excellent buffers for controlling the pH of acidic solutions.

Citrate ions form salts called citrates with many metal ions. An important one is calcium citrate or "sour salt", which is commonly used in the preservation and flavoring of food. Additionally, citrates can chelate metal ions, which gives them use as preservatives and water softeners.

At room temperature, citric acid is a white crystalline powder. It can exist either in an anhydrous (water-free) form, or as a monohydrate that contains one water molecule for every molecule of citric acid. The anhydrous form crystallizes from hot water, while the monohydrate forms when citric acid is crystallized from cold water. The monohydrate can be converted to the anhydrous form by heating it above 74 °C.

Chemically, citric acid shares the properties of other carboxylic acids. When heated above 175 °C, it decomposes through the loss of carbon dioxide and water.

The discovery of citric acid has been credited to the 8th century Iranian alchemist Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Geber). Medieval scholars in Europe were aware of the acidic nature of lemon and lime juices; such knowledge is recorded in the 13th century encyclopedia Speculum Majus (The Great Mirror), compiled by Vincent of Beauvais. Citric acid was first isolated in 1784 by the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who crystallized it from lemon juice. Industrial-scale citric acid production began in 1860, based on the Italian citrus fruit industry.

In 1893, C. Wehmer discovered that Penicillium mold could produce citric acid from sugar. However, microbial production of citric acid did not become industrially important until World War I disrupted Italian citrus exports. In 1917, the American food chemist James Currie discovered that certain strains of the mold Aspergillus niger could be efficient citric acid producers, and Pfizer began industrial-level production using this technique two years later.

Answer 5

Why don't you just Google "citric acid formula" to find the answer to a question like this?

Answer 6

2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid
C(C(=O)O)C(CC(=O)O)(C(=O)O)O
C6H8O7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=311

Note:
It can exist in different forms as well (see the following links)
hydrate (C6H10O8) 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid hydrate
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=22230
anion (C6H5O7-3) 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=31348
oxaloacetic acid (C4H4O5) 2-oxobutanedioic acid
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=970

Sorry, the IUPAC names aren't showing up fully. You can put "citric acid" into the search box at the top right corner of any of the PubChem links above to get the different names.

Answer 7

2C6H8O7 + 3Na2CO3 → 2C6H5O7Na3 + 3CO2 + 3H2O The ratio is 2:3 for acid:carbonate. 261.6 g citric acid is equal to 261.6/192.124 = 1.3616 moles. So you need 2.0424 moles of Na2CO3 to neutralise this, which comes to 2.0424 × 105.99 = 216.5 g Na2CO3

Answer 8

H3C6H5O7.H2O


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Answer 9

C6H8O7

Answer 10

C6H8O7