Salicylaldehyde

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Salicylaldehyde
Skeletal formula
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Ball-and-stick model
Names
IUPAC name
2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde
Other names
Salicylic aldehyde; 2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde; o-Hydroxybenzaldehyde
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C7H6O2/c8-5-6-3-1-2-4-7(6)9/h1-5,9H checkY
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  • InChI=1/C7H6O2/c8-5-6-3-1-2-4-7(6)9/h1-5,9H
    Key: SMQUZDBALVYZAC-UHFFFAOYAD
  • O=Cc1ccccc1O
Properties
C7H6O2
Molar mass 122.12 g/mol
Density 1.146 g/cm3
Melting point −7 °C (19 °F; 266 K)
Boiling point 196 to 197 °C (385 to 387 °F; 469 to 470 K)
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Salicylic acid
Benzaldehyde
Salicylaldoxime
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Salicylaldehyde (2-hydroxybenzaldehyde) is the organic compound with the formula C6H4CHO-2-OH.[1] Along with 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, it is one of the three isomers of hydroxybenzaldehyde. This colorless oily liquid has a bitter almond odor at higher concentration. Salicylaldehyde is a key precursor to a variety chelating agents, some of which are commercially important.

Production

Salicylaldehyde is prepared from phenol and chloroform by heating with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide in a Reimer–Tiemann reaction:[2]

Preparation of salicylaldehyde via the Reimer–Tiemann reaction

Alternative, it is produced by condensation of phenol or its derivatives with formaldehyde to give hydroxybenzyl alcohol, which is oxidized to the aldehyde.

Salicylaldehydes in general may be prepared from the corresponding phenol by the Duff reaction, or by treatment with paraformaldehyde in the presence of magnesium chloride and a base.[3]

Natural occurrences

Salicylaldehyde was identified as a characteristic aroma component of buckwheat.[4]

It is also one of the components of castoreum, the exudate from the castor sacs of the mature North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the European beaver (Castor fiber), used in perfumery.

Reactions and applications

Salicylaldehyde is used to make the following:

Catechol, benzofuran, a salicylaldehydimine (R = alkyl or aryl), 3-carbethoxycoumarin.
  1. Oxidation with hydrogen peroxide gives catechol (1,2-dihydroxybenzene) (Dakin reaction).[5]
  2. Etherification with chloroacetic acid followed by cyclisation gives the heterocycle benzofuran (coumarone).[6] {The first step in this reaction to the substituted benzofuran is called the Rap–Stoermer condensation after E. Rap (1895) and R. Stoermer (1900).[7][8]}
  3. Salicylaldehyde is converted to chelating ligands by condensation with amines. With ethylenediamine, it condenses to give the ligand salen. Hydroxylamine gives salicylaldoxime.
  4. Condensation with diethyl malonate gives 3-Carbethoxycoumarin (a derivative of coumarin) via an aldol condensation.[9]

References

  1. ^ Merck Index, 11th Edition, 8295
  2. ^ Brühne, F.; Wright, E. "Benzaldehyde". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a03_463. ISBN 978-3527306732.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Trond Vidar Hansen; Lars Skattebøl (2005). "Ortho-Formylation of Phenols; Preparation of 3-Bromosalicylaldehyde". Organic Syntheses. 82: 64.
  4. ^ Janeš, D.; Kreft, S. (2008). "Salicylaldehyde is a characteristic aroma component of buckwheat groats". Food Chemistry. 109 (2): 293–298. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.12.032.
  5. ^ Dakin, H. D. (1923). "Catechol" (PDF). Organic Syntheses. 3: 28; Collected Volumes, vol. 1, p. 149.
  6. ^ Burgstahler, A. W.; Worden, L. R. (1966). "Coumarone" (PDF). Organic Syntheses. 46: 28{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link); Collected Volumes, vol. 5, p. 251.
  7. ^ Rap, E. (November 1895). "Sull' α-Benzoilcumarone". Gazzetta Chimica Italiana. 2 (4): 285–290. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Stoermer, R. (1900). "Synthesen und Abbaureactionen in der Cumaronreihe". Liebig's Annalen der Chemie. 312 (3): 237–336. doi:10.1002/jlac.19003120302.
  9. ^ Horning, E. C.; Horning, M. G.; Dimmig, D. A. (1948). "3-Carbethoxycoumarin" (PDF). Organic Syntheses. 28: 24{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link); Collected Volumes, vol. 3, p. 165.
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