2',5'-DIHYDROXYPROPIOPHENONE Property

Melting point:

95-99 °C

Boiling point:

254.38°C (rough estimate)

Density 

1.1708 (rough estimate)

refractive index 

1.5500 (estimate)

pka

8.96±0.48(Predicted)

BRN 

1938824

CAS DataBase Reference

938-46-5(CAS DataBase Reference)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

37/39-26

RTECS 

UH0420000

HS Code 

2914310000

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Hazard statements

H315Causes skin irritation

H319Causes serious eye irritation

H335May cause respiratory irritation

Precautionary statements

P261Avoid breathing dust/fume/gas/mist/vapours/spray.

P304+P340IF INHALED: Remove victim to fresh air and Keep at rest in a position comfortable for breathing.

P305+P351+P338IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continuerinsing.

P405Store locked up.

2',5'-DIHYDROXYPROPIOPHENONE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

yellowish crystalline powder

Preparation

Preparation by Fries rearrangement of quinol dipropionate (hydroquinone dipropionate),
with aluminium chloride without solvent at 130–140° for 4 h (75%), ? at 142° for 30 min (80%), at 160–165° for 3 h (good yields) or at 190–200° for 90 min (60%)
by using various quantities of aluminium chloride at 180° for 2 h (to see ? below)
with aluminium chloride (2 equiv) in nitromethane at 20° for a week (7%) ? or in nitrobenzene (24%)
with boron trifluoride complex (BF? 3-OBu2) at reflux for 1 h (42%)
by using titanium tetrachloride (2 equiv) at 130° for 2 h gave only 6% yield
Also obtained by treatment of
hydroquinone dipropionate with aluminium chloride in the presence of hyd-? roquinone (61%)
2-hydroxy-5-(propionyloxy)propiophenone with aluminium chloride (5 equiv) ? at 180° for 30 min in the presence of hydroquinone (57%)
Also obtained by acylation of hydroquinone with propionic acid
in the presence of boron trifluoride in ethylene dichloride at 50–55° (59%) ?, in tetrachloroethane at 90–95° for 5 h (70%) or at 50° for 4 h (70%) or without solvent (67%) at 80° for 2 h (54%) or at 125° for 2 h (71%)
in the presence of zinc chloride at 190° few min (Nencki reaction)
in the presence of 70% perchloric acid at reflux for 1 h (12%)
Also obtained by Friedel–Crafts acylation of hydroquinone with propionyl chlo-ride in nitrobenzene in the presence of aluminium chloride (40%)
Also obtained from 2-hydroxy-5-(propionyloxy)propiophenone; the ester group elimination on hydrolysis with 85% sulfuric acid at r.t. or by treatment with by aluminium chloride
Also obtained by reaction of benzoquinone (2.5 equiv) with 2-oxobutanoic acid in aqueous acetonitrile or an acetonitrile/methylene chloride mixture (91%).