Chemistry:1,4-Cyclohexanedione

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1,4-Cyclohexanedione[1]
Chemical structure of Cyclohexanedione
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Cyclohexane-1,4-dione
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
3DMet
774152
ChEBI
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 211-306-0
101292
KEGG
UNII
Properties
C6H8O2
Molar mass 112.128 g·mol−1
Appearance White solid
Melting point 77 to 78.5 °C (170.6 to 173.3 °F; 350.1 to 351.6 K)
Boiling point 130 to 133 °C (266 to 271 °F; 403 to 406 K) (20 mm.)[<span title="What the heck is "20 mm."??? Is this a pressure in millimetres of mercury (mmHg)? Units of measurement should not be abbreviated (here "mmHg" or "mmH2O" or "mmWho-knows-what" is abbreviated as "mm.")! The unit of measurement of pressure is not milimetre! Also, "mm." could be abbreviated version of millimetres of water (mmH2O) or millimetres of who knows what. The readers have no power to read the writer's mind! Explain this jargon for an average mortal human being. (August 2023)">clarification needed]
Very
Solubility Soluble in ethanol. Insoluble in diethyl ether.
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS07: Harmful
GHS Signal word Warning
H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P271, P280, P302+352, P304+340, P305+351+338, P312, P321, P332+313, P337+313, P362, P403+233, P405, P501
Flash point 132 °C (270 °F; 405 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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1,4-Cyclohexanedione is an organic compound with the formula (CH
2
)
4
(CO)
2
. This white solid is one of the three isomeric cyclohexanediones. This particular diketone is used as a building block in the synthesis of more complex molecules.

Preparation

1,4-Cyclohexanedione is prepared in two steps from diesters of succinic acid. Specifically under basic conditions, the diethyl succinate condenses to give the cyclohexenediol derivative diethylsuccinoylsuccinate. This intermediate can be hydrolysed and decarboxylated to afford the desired dione.[2]

This dione condenses with malononitrile to give an intermediate that can be dehydrogenated to tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ).[3]

References

  1. MSDS for 1,4-Cyclohexanedione
  2. Nielsen, Arnold T.; Carpenter, Wayne R. (1965). "1,4-Cyclohexanedione". Organic Syntheses 45: 25. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.045.0025. 
  3. Strittmatter, Harald; Hildbrand, Stefan; Pollak, Peter (2007). "Malonic Acid and Derivatives". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. doi:10.1002/14356007.a16_063.pub2. ISBN 978-3527306732.