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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:
Molecular Weight:
106.12
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
39023701
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
202-860-4
MDL number:
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)

vapor density

3.7 (vs air)

Quality Level

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

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

SMILES string

O=Cc1ccccc1

InChI

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

InChI key

HUMNYLRZRPPJDN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Benzaldehyde is the simplest aromatic aldehyde building block.

Application

Benzaldehyde has been used in:

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

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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)
Determination of base properties of hydrotalcites: condensation of benzaldehyde with ethyl acetoacetate.
Corma A, et al.
J. Catal., 134(1), 58-65 (1992)
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)



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