Trimesic acid, also known as benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, is an
organic compound
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with the formula C
6H
3(CO
2H)
3. It is one of three isomers of
benzenetricarboxylic acid.
A colorless solid, trimesic acid has some commercial value as a precursor to some
plasticizer
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Plasticizer ...
s.
Trimesic acid can be combined with
''para''-hydroxypyridine to make a water-based gel, stable up to 95 °C.
Trimesic acid crystallizes from water to form a
hydrogen-bonded hydrated network with wide unidimensional empty channels.
See also
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Trimellitic acid (1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic acid)
*
Hemimellitic acid (1,2,3-benzenetricarboxylic acid)
References
Benzoic acids
Tricarboxylic acids
Carboxylic acid-based porous polymer monomers
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