4-Chlorobenzaldehyde is used as an intermediate for the manufacture of dyestuffs, optical brighteners, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals and metal finishing products.
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Applications
4-Chlorobenzaldehyde is used as an intermediate for the manufacture of dyestuffs, optical brighteners, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals and metal finishing products.
Solubility
Soluble in water (0.94g/L).
Notes
Air Sensitive. Store in cool dry place in tightly closed container. With good ventilation. Store away from air and oxidizing agent.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Işul Akmehmet Balcioǧlu; Nicola Getoff. Advanced oxidation of 4-chlorobenzaldehyde in water by UV-light, ozonation and combination of both methods. Chemosphere. 1998, 36(9), 1993-2005.
- Işul Akmehmet Balcioǧlu; Nicola Getoff; Miray Bekbölet. A comparative study for the synergistic effect of ozone on the γ-irradiated and photocatalytic reaction of 4-chlorobenzaldehyde. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2000, 135(2-3), 229-233.
- The nucleophilic (halex) substitution of the chloro substituent by F- can be achieved in good yield by high temperature reaction with KF in tetramethylene sulfone in the presence of Tetraphenyl phosphonium bromide, A15860, as a thermally stable phase-transfer catalyst. This method is general for chloro substituents activated by an ortho- or para-aldehyde group: Chem. Lett., 1355 (1988).