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399396

Benzoin

purified by sublimation, ≥99.5%

Synonym(s):

α-Hydroxy-α-phenylacetophenone, α-Hydroxybenzyl phenyl ketone, 2-Hydroxy-2-phenylacetophenone

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH(OH)COC6H5
CAS Number:
119-53-9
Molecular Weight:
212.24
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24864811
EC Number:
204-331-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
391839
MDL number:
MFCD00004496

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Product Name

Benzoin, purified by sublimation, ≥99.5%

InChI key

ISAOCJYIOMOJEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C14H12O2/c15-13(11-7-3-1-4-8-11)14(16)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10,13,15H

SMILES string

OC(c1ccccc1)C(=O)c2ccccc2

assay

≥99.5%

form

powder

purified by

sublimation

bp

194 °C/12 mmHg (lit.)

mp

134-138 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

Gene Information

human ... ACHE(43), BCHE(590), CES1(1066)

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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0000227316
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Catalytic asymmetric cross-aza-benzoin reactions of aliphatic aldehydes with N-Boc-protected imines.
Daniel A DiRocco et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 51(24), 5904-5906 (2012-05-09)
Total synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of seragakinone A.
Akiomi Takada et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 50(10), 2297-2301 (2011-02-26)
Oldamur Hollóczki et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 77(14), 6014-6022 (2012-06-27)
The reaction energy profiles of the benzoin condensation from three aldehydes catalyzed by imidazol-2-ylidene, triazol-3-ylidene, and thiazol-2-ylidene have been investigated computationally. The barriers for all steps of all investigated reactions have been found to be low enough to indicate the
Jun He et al.
Electrophoresis, 32(10), 1164-1175 (2011-04-19)
In the present work we report, for the first time, the successful on-line coupling of chiral MEKC (CMEKC) to atmospheric pressure photoionization MS (APPI-MS). Four structurally similar neutral test solutes (e.g. benzoin (BNZ) derivatives) were successfully ionized by APPI-MS. The
Sarvesh Kumar et al.
Archiv der Pharmazie, 345(5), 368-377 (2011-12-23)
The interaction between leukocytes and the vascular endothelial cells (EC) via cellular adhesion molecules plays an important role in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Small molecules that block these interactions have been targeted as potential therapeutic agents
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