Nome: adipic acid; hexanedioic acid; hexane-1,6-dioic acid
* IUPAC
Número CAS: 124-04-9
Fórmula química: C₆H₁₀O₄ or (CH₂)₄(COOH)₂
Massa molar: 146.1412 g
Percentual de massa: C 49.311 %; H 6.8970 %; O 43.791 % 
isômeros:  ethyl oxalate

• orgânico • ácido carboxílico

• "Adipic acid is used in large quantities for the manufacture of nylon." 1

• "Manuf[acture] artificial resins, plastics (nylon), urethan foams. Used as acidulant in baking powders instead of tartaric acid, cream of tartar, and phosphates because adipic acid is not hygroscopic. As an intermediate in lubricating oil additives." 2

Ponto de fusão:*
153.2°C 3 = 426.35 K = 307.76°F
151°C 4 = 424.15 K = 303.8°F
Ponto de ebulição:*
337.5°C 3 = 610.65 K = 639.5°F
Densidade (g/cm3):
1.360 at 25°C 3
* - 1 atm pressure

qualitativo:
ligeiramente solúvel:  4
miscível:  • 4

ligações duplas: 2
ligações triplas: 0
Sigma Bonds: 19
Pi Bonds: 2
Total: 21
Grupos carboxilo: 2
grupos hidroxilo: 0

The heat of combustion is the amount of heat released when one mole of a substance undergoes combustion according to the general reaction equation:
CxHyOz + 0.25(4x+y-2z) O2 (g) → x CO2 (g) + 0.5y H2O (ℓ)

ΔHcomb° (s): -668.275 kcal = -2796.0916 kJ
ΔHcomb° (ℓ): -670.365 kcal = -2804.83616 kJ

Wikipedia

(1) - Estok, George K. Organic Chemistry: A Short Text; W.B. Saunders: Philadelphia, 1959; p 141.
(2) - The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals, 13th ed.; Budavari, S.; O'Neil, M.J.; Smith, A.; Heckelman, P. E.; Kinneary, J. F., Eds.; Merck & Co.: Whitehouse Station, NJ, 2001; entry 163.
(3) - Lide, David R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 83rd ed.; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, 2002; p 3-187.
(4) - Estok, George K. Organic Chemistry: A Short Text; W.B. Saunders: Philadelphia, 1959; p 138.
(5) - Dean, John A. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 12th ed.; McGraw-Hill Book Company: New York, NY, 1979; p 9:65.
(6) - Dean, John A. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 12th ed.; McGraw-Hill Book Company: New York, NY, 1979; p 9:65.
(7) - Dean, John A. Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 12th ed.; McGraw-Hill Book Company: New York, NY, 1979; p 9:65.