Xu, Lili published the artcileProcess improvement on synthesis of 1,4-bis(o-cyanostyryl) benzene, Name: 2-(Chloromethyl)benzonitrile, the publication is Yingyong Huagong (2010), 39(3), 456-458, 462, database is CAplus.
1,4-Dimethylbenzene was chlorinated by dry Cl2, then the mixed chloride products was hydrolyzed to terephthalaldehyde by hexamethylenetetramine. The purity of the product was 99.5% and the yield was 78.4%. Di-Et o-cyanobenzyl phosphonate was synthesized by the esterification reaction of tri-Et phosphatidate and o-cyanobenzyl chloride dissolved in dimethylbenzene, the yield was 86.5%. 1,4-Bis(o-cyanostyryl) -benzene was synthesized from di-Et o-cyanobenzyl phosphonate and terephthalaldehyde. The purity of the product is 99.5% (HPLC) and the yield is 84.1%.
Yingyong Huagong published new progress about 612-13-5. 612-13-5 belongs to nitriles-buliding-blocks, auxiliary class Organic Pigment, name is 2-(Chloromethyl)benzonitrile, and the molecular formula is C22H38O2, Name: 2-(Chloromethyl)benzonitrile.
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