9527. o-Tolualdehyde

Nomenclature

CAS number: 529-20-4
2-Methylbenzaldehyde; o-toluylaldehyde.
C8H8O; 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).

Chemical structure

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.