Chemistry:Baeyer–Drewsen indigo synthesis

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Short description: Organic reaction in which indigo is prepared from 2-nitrobenzaldehyde and acetone

The Baeyer–Drewsen indigo synthesis (1882) is an organic reaction in which indigo is prepared from 2-nitrobenzaldehyde and acetone[1][2] The reaction was developed by von Baeyer in 1880 to produce the first synthetic indigo at laboratory scale. This procedure is not used at industrial scale.[3]

Baeyer-Drewson indigo synthesis

The reaction is classified as an aldol condensation. As a practical route to indigo, this method was displaced by routes from aniline.[4]

Mechanism

Baeyer-Drewson indigo synthesis mechanism

Note

In the English literature this reaction is sometimes called Baeyer–Drewson reaction, although the author of the original paper was spelled Drewsen.

References

  1. Adolf Baeyer, Viggo Drewsen (1882). "Darstellung von Indigblau aus Orthonitrobenzaldehyd". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 15 (2): 2856–2864. doi:10.1002/cber.188201502274. https://zenodo.org/record/1425281. 
  2. Helmut Schmidt (1997). "Indigo – 100 Jahre industrielle Synthese". Chemie in unserer Zeit 31 (3): 121–128. doi:10.1002/ciuz.19970310304. 
  3. "Johannes Pfleger, Chemist". https://history.evonik.com/sites/geschichte/en/personalities/pfleger-johannes/pages/default.aspx. 
  4. Elmar Steingruber "Indigo and Indigo Colorants" Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2004, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi: 10.1002/14356007.a14_149.pub2

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