1-NAPHTHALDEHYDE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 66-77-3

1-NAPHTHALDEHYDE

EINECS NO.

200-633-4
FORMULA C11H8O
MOL WT. 156.18
H.S. CODE

TOXICITY Oral, Rat LD50 : 667 mg/kg
SYNONYMS 1-Naphthalenecarboxaldehyde; 1-Formylnaphthalene;
RAW MATERIALS

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE light yellow liquid
MELTING POINT 1 - 2 C
BOILING POINT 160 - 161 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY

1.15

SOLUBILITY IN WATER 1 g/l at 20 C
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY)  
FLASH POINT 112 C

APPLICATIONS

Compounds which do not have alpha-hydrogen atoms cannot form an enolate ion and do not undergo electrophilic alpha-substitution and aldol condensation. Aromatic aldehydes such as benzaldehyde and alpha-naphthaldehyde and formaldehyde may undergo disproportionation in concentrated alkali (Cannizaro's reaction); one molecule of the aldehyde is reduced to the corresponding alcohol and another molecule is simultaneously oxidized to the salt of a carboxylic acid. The speed of the reaction depends on the substituents in the aromatic ring. Two different types of aldehydes (aromatic and aliphatic) can undergo crossing reaction to form fomaldehyde and aromatic alcohols.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

Clear to yellowish liquid
ASSAY

98.0% min

MELTING POINT

1 - 2 C
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 200kgs in Drum
HAZARD CLASS TSCA Listed
UN NO.  
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