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399396

Benzoin

purified by sublimation, ≥99.5%

Synonym(s):

α-Hydroxy-α-phenylacetophenone, α-Hydroxybenzyl phenyl ketone, 2-Hydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH(OH)COC6H5
CAS Number:
119-53-9
Molecular Weight:
212.24
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24864811
EC Number:
204-331-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
391839
MDL number:
MFCD00004496
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Quality Level

100

assay

≥99.5%

form

powder

purified by

sublimation

bp

194 °C/12 mmHg (lit.)

mp

134-138 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OC(c1ccccc1)C(=O)c2ccccc2

InChI

1S/C14H12O2/c15-13(11-7-3-1-4-8-11)14(16)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10,13,15H

InChI key

ISAOCJYIOMOJEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... ACHE(43), BCHE(590), CES1(1066)

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Total synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of seragakinone A.
Akiomi Takada et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 50(10), 2297-2301 (2011-02-26)
Oldamur Hollóczki et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 77(14), 6014-6022 (2012-06-27)
The reaction energy profiles of the benzoin condensation from three aldehydes catalyzed by imidazol-2-ylidene, triazol-3-ylidene, and thiazol-2-ylidene have been investigated computationally. The barriers for all steps of all investigated reactions have been found to be low enough to indicate the
Catalytic asymmetric cross-aza-benzoin reactions of aliphatic aldehydes with N-Boc-protected imines.
Daniel A DiRocco et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 51(24), 5904-5906 (2012-05-09)
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SKUGTIN
399396-5G04061833372449