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<compound>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:10:40 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2015-07-20 22:58:22 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB013368</accession>
  <name>Calcium citrate</name>
  <description>Emulsifier in foods, dietary supplement

Calcium citrate is an intermediate in the isolation of citric acid from the fermentation process by which citric acid is produced industrially. The citric acid in the broth solution is neutralized by calcium hydroxide, precipitating insoluble calcium citrate. This is then filtered off from the rest of the broth and washed to give clean calcium citrate.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>Acicontral</synonym>
    <synonym>Calcium 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylate (3:2)</synonym>
    <synonym>Calcium citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Calcium citrate [usan]</synonym>
    <synonym>Calcium citrate, tribasic</synonym>
    <synonym>Citracal</synonym>
    <synonym>Citric acid, calcium salt (2:3)</synonym>
    <synonym>Citrical</synonym>
    <synonym>E333</synonym>
    <synonym>Tribasic calcium citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Tricalcium citrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Tricalcium dicitrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Tricalcium dicitrate tetrahydrate</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C12H16Ca3O14</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>504.481</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>503.941778685</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>tricalcium bis(2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid)</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>tricalcium bis(citric acid)</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>813-94-5</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>[Ca++].[Ca++].[Ca++].OC(=O)CC(O)(CC(O)=O)C(O)=O.OC(=O)CC(O)(CC(O)=O)C(O)=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/2C6H8O7.3Ca/c2*7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10;;;/h2*13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12);;;/q;;3*+2</inchi>
  <inchikey>FNAQSUUGMSOBHW-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as tricarboxylic acids and derivatives. These are carboxylic acids containing exactly three carboxyl groups.</description>
    <direct_parent>Tricarboxylic acids and derivatives</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Organic acids and derivatives</super_class>
    <class>Carboxylic acids and derivatives</class>
    <sub_class>Tricarboxylic acids and derivatives</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework/>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Alpha hydroxy acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic cations</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Tertiary alcohols</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aliphatic acyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Alpha-hydroxy acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydroxy acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic cation</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Tertiary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Tricarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
  <predicted_properties>
  </predicted_properties>
  <experimental_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>120 °C (loses water)</value>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <property>
    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>-1.3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>3.05</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>-4.2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>tricalcium bis(2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid)</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>504.481</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>503.941778685</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>[Ca++].[Ca++].[Ca++].OC(=O)CC(O)(CC(O)=O)C(O)=O.OC(=O)CC(O)(CC(O)=O)C(O)=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C12H16Ca3O14</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/2C6H8O7.3Ca/c2*7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10;;;/h2*13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12);;;/q;;3*+2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>FNAQSUUGMSOBHW-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>132.13</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>35.62</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>15.5</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>10</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>7</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>4</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>6</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <pathways>
  </pathways>
  <spectra>
  </spectra>
  <hmdb_id/>
  <pubchem_compound_id/>
  <chemspider_id/>
  <kegg_id/>
  <chebi_id/>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id/>
  <wikipidia/>
  <vmh_id/>
  <fbonto_id/>
  <foodb_id/>
  <general_references>
  </general_references>
  <foods>
  </foods>
  <flavors>
    <flavor>
      <name>odorless</name>
    </flavor>
  </flavors>
  <enzymes>
  </enzymes>
  <health_effects>
  </health_effects>
</compound>
