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Preferred IUPAC name 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde | |
Systematic IUPAC name 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzenecarbaldehyde | |
Other names
3,4,5-Trimethoxy-benzaldehyde 3,4,5-Trimethoxy benzaldehyde | |
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Beilstein Reference | 395163 |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.001.547 |
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Chemical formula | C10H12O4 |
Molar mass | 196.202 g·mol |
Appearance | Light yellow solid |
Density | 1.367 g/cm |
Melting point | 73 °C (163 °F; 346 K) |
Boiling point | 337.6 °C (639.7 °F; 610.8 K) |
Solubility in water | Slightly soluble |
Solubility | Methanol: 0.1 g/mL |
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Safety data sheet (SDS) | MSDS at Sigma Aldrich |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references |
3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde is an organic compound and a biochemical. Within this class of compounds, the chemical is categorized as a trisubstituted aromatic aldehyde.
Uses
3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde can be used as an intermediate in the synthesis of some pharmaceutical drugs including trimethoprim, cintriamide, roletamide, trimethoquinol (aka tretoquinol), and trimazosin as well as some psychedelic phenethylamines.
Preparation
Industrial scale
For industrial applications the chemical is synthesized from p-cresol using aromatic substitution with bromine followed by nucleophilic substitution with sodium methoxide. Oxidation of the methyl group to an aldehyde can occur via various synthetic methods.
Laboratory scale
At the laboratory scale the chemical is conveniently synthesized from vanillin or from Eudesmic acid's Acyl chloride via Rosenmund reduction.
References
- ^ Asim Kumar Mukhopadhyay (2004). Industrial Chemical Cresols and Downstream Derivatives. New York: CRC Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780203997413. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- Stenbuck, P.; Hood, H. M.; 1962, U.S. patent 3,049,544
- Kindler, Karl & Peschke, Wilhelm (1932). "Über neue und über verbesserte Wege zum Aufbau von pharmakologisch wichtigen Aminen VI. Über Synthesen des Meskalins". Archiv der Pharmazie. 270 (7): 410–413. doi:10.1002/ardp.19322700709. S2CID 93188741.
- Benington, Fred & Morin, Richard (1951). "An Improved Synthesis of Mescaline". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 73 (3): 1353. doi:10.1021/ja01147a505.
- Shulgin, Alexander & Shulgin, Ann (1991). PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story. Lafayette, CA: Transform Press. ISBN 9780963009609.
- Manchanda Percy; Belicaa, Peter & Wonga, Harry (1990). "Synthesis of 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde". Synthetic Communications. 20 (17): 2659–2666. doi:10.1080/00397919008051474.
- Rachlin, A.; Gurien, H. & Wagner, D. (1971). "Aldehydes from Acid Chlorides by modified Rosenmund Reduction: 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde". Organic Syntheses. 51: 8. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.051.0008.