1-Benzocyclobutenecarbonitrile Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

88 °C/1.3 mmHg (lit.)

Density 

1.055 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.5479(lit.)

Flash point:

>230 °F

NIST Chemistry Reference

1-Benzocyclobutenecarbonitrile(6809-91-2)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn

Risk Statements 

20/21/22-36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-37/39

WGK Germany 

3

HS Code 

2926907090

MSDS

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1-Benzocyclobutenecarbonitrile Usage And Synthesis

Uses

1-Benzocyclobutenecarbonitrile was used as precursors of R-cyano- or R-keto-substituted o-quinodimethanes.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 80, p. 2257, 1958 DOI: 10.1021/ja01542a055
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 27, p. 3836, 1962 DOI: 10.1021/jo01058a019

General Description

Enantiomeric resolution of 1-benzocyclobutenecarbonitrile by CHIRALPAK IA, CHIRALPAK IB and CHIRALPAK IC (new generation chiral stationary phases) by chromatography was reported.

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