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Benzaldehyde

≥99.0% (GC), liquid, suitable for GC/GC, puriss. p.a.

Synonym(s):

Bitter almond

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CHO
CAS Number:
100-52-7
Molecular Weight:
106.12
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329749593
eCl@ss:
39023701
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
202-860-4
MDL number:
MFCD00003299
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
471223
Assay:
≥99.0% (GC)
Technique(s):
GC/GC: suitable
Bp:
178-179 °C (lit.)
Vapor pressure:
4 mmHg ( 45 °C)

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Product Name

Benzaldehyde, puriss. p.a., ≥99.0% (GC)

InChI key

HUMNYLRZRPPJDN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C7H6O/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-6H

SMILES string

O=Cc1ccccc1

vapor density

3.7 (vs air)

vapor pressure

4 mmHg ( 45 °C)

grade

puriss. p.a.

assay

≥99.0% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

374 °F

expl. lim.

1.4 %, 20 °F

technique(s)

GC/GC: suitable

impurities

chlorine, none detected
≤0.001% nitrobenzene (C6H5NO2)
≤1% acid (as benzoic acid)

refractive index

n20/D 1.545 (lit.)
n20/D 1.545

pH

5.9 (20 °C)

bp

178-179 °C (lit.)

mp

−26 °C (lit.)

density

1.044 g/cm3 at 20 °C (lit.)

cation traces

Ca: ≤5 mg/kg
Cd: ≤1 mg/kg
Co: ≤1 mg/kg
Cr: ≤1 mg/kg
Cu: ≤1 mg/kg
Fe: ≤1 mg/kg
K: ≤20 mg/kg
Mg: ≤1 mg/kg
Mn: ≤1 mg/kg
Na: ≤20 mg/kg
Ni: ≤1 mg/kg
Pb: ≤1 mg/kg
Zn: ≤1 mg/kg

functional group

aldehyde
phenyl

Quality Level

200

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Application

Benzaldehyde has been used in:

  • Preparation of optically active 1-phenylpropan-1-ol.
  • Synthesis of meso-tetraphenylporphins and chlorins.

General description

Benzaldehyde is the simplest aromatic aldehyde building block.

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 1B - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

145.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

63 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde catalyzed by a small amount of chiral 2-amino-1-alcohols.
Oguni N and Omi T.
Tetrahedron Letters, 25(26), 2823-2824 (1984)
A green process for chlorine-free benzaldehyde from the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol with molecular oxygen over a supported nano-size gold catalyst.
Choudhary VR, et al.
Green Chemistry, 7(11), 768-770 (2005)
Determination of base properties of hydrotalcites: condensation of benzaldehyde with ethyl acetoacetate.
Corma A, et al.
J. Catal., 134(1), 58-65 (1992)
Yves F Widmer et al.
eLife, 7 (2018-10-23)
Lasting changes in gene expression are critical for the formation of long-term memories (LTMs), depending on the conserved CrebB transcriptional activator. While requirement of distinct neurons in defined circuits for different learning and memory phases have been studied in detail
Porphyrinogens and porphodimethenes, intermediates in the synthesis of meso-tetraphenylporphins from pyrroles and benzaldehyde.
Dolphin D.
Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 7, 275-283 (1970)
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