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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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Porphyrinogens and porphodimethenes, intermediates in the synthesis of meso-tetraphenylporphins from pyrroles and benzaldehyde.
Dolphin D.
Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 7, 275-283 (1970)
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
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)