8417. Sebacoin

Nomenclature

CAS number: 96-00-4
2-Hydroxycyclodecanone; 1-cyclodecanol-2-one.
C10H18O2; mol wt 170.25.
C 70.55%, H 10.66%, O 18.80%.

Description and references

Prepd by cyclization of methyl or ethyl sebacate with sodium metal: Hansley, US 2228268 (1941 to du Pont); Prelog et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 35, 1598 (1952); Allinger, Org. Synth. coll. vol. IV, 840 (1963).

Chemical structure

Properties

Prisms from ether + petr ether, mp 42°. bp6 113-114°; bp0.1 77°.