TROPONE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

-7°C

Boiling point:

113 °C/15 mmHg (lit.)

Density 

1.094 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.615(lit.)

Flash point:

>110°C

storage temp. 

-20°C

color 

very deep brown

BRN 

1902335

Safety Information

Safety Statements 

24/25

WGK Germany 

3

F 

10-23

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TROPONE Usage And Synthesis

Uses

Tropone has been used in synthesis of:

• bicyclic δ-lactones via heterocyclic carbine-catalyzed [8+3] annulation pathway
• 6,7-benzobicyclo [3.2.2] nona-3,6,8-trien-2-one via thermal addition to bezyne

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 78, p. 5442, 1956 DOI: 10.1021/ja01601a077
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 29, p. 960, 1964
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 9, p. 396, 1998

General Description

Metal-catalyzed [6+3] cycloaddition of tropone with azomethine ylides has been reported.

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