Nomenclature
CAS number: 529-20-4
2-Methylbenzaldehyde;
o-toluylaldehyde.
C
8H
8O; mol wt 120.15.
C 79.97%, H 6.71%, O 13.32%.
Description and references
Prepd by reacting nitropropane with o-xylyl bromide in the presence of sodium ethanoate: Hass, Bender, Org. Synth. 30, 99 (1950).
Properties
Liquid. d419 1.0386. bp760 200-202°; bp15 94-96°; bp6 68-72°. nD25 1.5430; nD19 1.549; nα19 1.5423; nβ19 1.5650; nγ19 1.5798.