4514 Adipic acid Adipic acid is an important inudstrial dicarboxylic acid with about 2.5 billion kilograms produced per year. It is used mainly in the production of nylon. It occurs relatively rarely in nature. It has a tart taste and is also used as an additive and gelling agent in jello or gelatins. It is also used in some calcium carbonate antacids to make them tart. Adipic acid has also been incorporated into controlled-release formulation matrix tablets to obtain pH-independent release for both weakly basic and weakly acidic drugs. Adipic acid in the urine and in the blood is typically exogenous in origin and is a good biomarker of jello consumption. In fact, a condition known as adipic aciduria is actually an artifact of jello consumption However, certain disorders (such as diabetes and glutaric aciduria type I.) can lead to elevated levels of adipic acid snd other dicarboxcylic acids (such as suberic acid) in urine (A3520, A3521, A3522). 124-04-9 196 C6H10O4 146.14 White powder. 151 - 154°C 337.5°C (639.5°F) 30.8 mg/mL at 34°C No indication of carcinogenicity to humans (not listed by IARC). This is an endogenously produced metabolite found in the human body. It is used in metabolic reactions, catabolic reactions or waste generation. 2014-08-29T06:51:29Z 2026-04-16T22:35:26Z Adipic acid C06104 30832 CPD-468 0L1 true OC(=O)CCCCC(O)=O C6H10O4 InChI=1S/C6H10O4/c7-5(8)3-1-2-4-6(9)10/h1-4H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10) WNLRTRBMVRJNCN-UHFFFAOYSA-N 146.1412 146.057908808 Endogenous Solid 0.08 HMDB00448 CHEMBL1157 191 Saito, Kenji. Recovery of adipic acid. Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho (1976), 5 pp. CHEM003420 DTXSID7021605 74.6 32.739000000000004 14.238564672184342 5 4 2 3.9174684741961965 -2 0 0.13 -0.66 3.22e+01 g/l