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Usage

Physical state

Colorless liquid

Odor

Faint

Uses

Commonly used as a solvent in various industrial applications

Presence in consumer products

Found in some personal care items and cleaning products

Environmental impact

Potential environmental pollutant

Health risks

Exposure linked to liver and kidney damage, potential carcinogen

Monitoring and regulation

Growing interest in minimizing human and environmental exposure

Upstream product

• 33250-32-7 1-(dimethoxymethyl)naphthalene 
• 504-63-2 trimethyleneglycol 
• 66-77-3 1-naphthaldehyde 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

NMR determination of the absolute configuration of chiral 1,2- and 1,3-diols

Each of the chiral 1,2- and 1,3-diols examined was derivatized exclusively to a single diastereomeric acetal by the use of a new axially chiral reagent, 2′-methoxy-1,1′-binaphthalene-8-carbaldehyde (MBC). The absolute configuration of the original 1,2- and 1,3-diols was determined by the NOE correlation between the proton signals of the reagent moiety and those of the diol moiety in the acetals.

Practical acetalization and transacetalization of carbonyl compounds catalyzed by recyclable PVP-I

A novel PVP-I catalyzed acetalizations/transacetalizations of carbonyl compounds has been developed processing with a mild and easy handling fashion. Different types of Acyclic and cyclic acetals were prepared from carbonyl compounds or their acetals successfully. Further applications of newly developed catalytic combination were testified. This protocol featured with simplicity of operation, mild reaction condition, short reaction time, recyclable of catalyst and broad substrates scope with excellent yields.

Superacid-Catalyzed Reductive Friedel-Crafts Reaction of Arenes Using Arenecarbaldehyde Acetals

Reaction of 2-aryl-1,3-dioxane with arenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoromethane-sulfonic acid gave the corresponding diarylmethanes in good to excellent yields. The acid-catalyzed Friedel-Crafts benzylation of arenes could altenatively be carried out using arenecarbaldehyde and 1,3-propanediol. The reaction was assumed to proceed through a redox process involving hydride shift from the cyclic acetal moiety to the benzylic carbon. The hydride shift was confirmed by the reaction with 5-ethyl-2-phenyl-4,4,6,6-tetradeuterio-1,3-dioxane, wherein more than 90% deuterium was incorporated into the benzylic carbon of the diphenylmethane. Diphenylmethyl ether Ph2CHOCH2CH2CH2OH also reacted with benzene to afford diphenylmethane under the same reaction conditions, suggesting that the ether should be the plausible intermediate that underwent the hydride shift.