Cyclopropanemethanol is used as an organic chemical synthesis intermediate.
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Applications
Cyclopropanemethanol is used as an organic chemical synthesis intermediate.
Solubility
Fully miscible with water.
Notes
Stable under recommended storage conditions. Incompatible with oxidizing agents and acid chlorides.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Lewis Brewster Young; Walter S.Trahanovsky. Cerium(IV) oxidation of organic compounds. III. Preparation of cyclopropanecarboxaldehyde from cyclopropanemethanol. J. Org. Chem. 1967, 32, (7)2349-2350
- Yasunari Maeda; Takahiro Nishimura; Sakae Uemura. Vanadium-catalyzed isomerization of cyclopropanemethanols to homoallylic alcohols involving C-C bond cleavage. Chemistry Letters. 2005, 34, (3)380-381
- For conversion to cyclobutene by tert-butoxide-induced elimination from cyclobutyl tosylate, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 117 (1990).