8867. Succinanil

Nomenclature

CAS number: 83-25-0
1-Phenyl-2,5-pyrrolidinedione; N-phenylsuccinimide; N-phenylbutanimide.
C10H9NO2; mol wt 175.18.
C 68.56%, H 5.18%, N 8.00%, O 18.27%.

Description and references

Prepd by treating succinanilic acid with acetyl chloride: Ruggli, Ann. 412, 4 (1916); Warren, Briggs, Ber. 64, 29 (1931); L. F. Fieser, Experiments in Organic Chemistry (Boston, 1955) p 106.

Chemical structure

Properties

Monoclinic prisms from water or alcohol, mp 154.5°. d420 1.356. bp760 ≈400°. Sol in ether, boiling alcohol. Slightly sol in boiling water.