Journal of the American Chemical Society

The benzoin condensation of quinaldehyde

CA Buehler, JO Harris

Index: Buehler; Harris Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1950 , vol. 72, p. 5015

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Citation Number: 23

Abstract

The enediol I1 is a black to dark purple crystalline solid with a metallic luster, mp 232- 233'(dec.). The stability is such that there is no appreciable change in appearance or melting point after six months storage at room temperature. It affects Tollens reagent, is oxidized by sodium 2, 6-dichlorobenzeneoneindophenol, forms a dibenzoate, mp 236", and in bubbling air through a dioxane solution gives a faintly yellow benzil (IV), mp 271-272", in ...