5191. Isonitrosoacetophenone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 532-54-7
α-Oxobenzeneacetaldehyde aldoxime; benzoylformaldoxime.
C8H7NO2; mol wt 149.15.
C 64.42%, H 4.73%, N 9.39%, O 21.45%.
Chemical structure

Properties

Plates or prisms, mp 126-128°. Slightly sol in cold water; more sol in hot water; sol in alkalies and alkali carbonates.

Use

As a reagent for the detection of ferrous ions with which it gives a blue color sol in chloroform.