It is an important raw material and intermediate used in organic synthesis, dyestuffs and in agrochemical industries. It is used in medicine. Cyclohexene oxide (epoxycyclohexane) is an useful monomer in polymerization and coating industry. It is used in the synthesis of alicyclic target materials including pharmaceuticals, perfumery and dyestuffs. It is used as a monomer in photopolymerizations, with carbonmonoxide to yield aromatic polycarbonates which has minimum impurities.
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Applications
It is an important raw material and intermediate used in organic synthesis, dyestuffs and in agrochemical industries. It is used in medicine. Cyclohexene oxide (epoxycyclohexane) is an useful monomer in polymerization and coating industry. It is used in the synthesis of alicyclic target materials including pharmaceuticals, perfumery and dyestuffs. It is used as a monomer in photopolymerizations, with carbonmonoxide to yield aromatic polycarbonates which has minimum impurities.
Solubility
Insoluble in water
Notes
Store at room temperature. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Donald. J. Darensbourg .;Jason C. Yarbrough .; Cesar Ortiz.; Cindy C. Fang. Comparative Kinetic Studies of the Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Propylene Oxide with Carbon Dioxide in the Presence of Chromium Salen Derivatives. In Situ FTIR Measurements of Copolymer vs Cyclic Carbonate Production.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125 (25),7586-7591 .
Stephan Mang.; Andrew I. Cooper.; M. Eamon Colclough.; Naren Chauhan.; Andrew B. Holmes. Copolymerization of CO2 and 1,2-Cyclohexene Oxide Using a CO2-Soluble Chromium Porphyrin Catalyst. Macromolecules. 2000, 33 (2),303-308 .
A general method for the conversion of epoxides to cis-dichloro alkanes, with inversion at both centers, by reaction with triphenylphosphine dichloride, has been exemplified: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 424 (1988).
Rearrangement to cyclopentanecarboxaldehyde is catalyzed by LiBr on alumina, either by refluxing in toluene or in the gas phase: Synthesis, 394 (1988). An alternative isomerization to the allylic alcohol is induced by base catalysis. Optimized conditions use a mixture of KO-t-Bu and 2.5 equivalents of LDA: Tetrahedron, 46, 2411 (1990). For discussion of the mechanism, see: J. Org. Chem., 61, 820 (1996), and references therein. For a review of the rearrangement of epoxides to allylic alcohols, see: Org. React., 29, 345 (1983).
A general method for the synthesis of ɑ-chloro carbonyl compounds is illustrated by the reaction of cylohexene oxide with the Swern reagent (DMSO/ oxalyl chloride) to give 2-chlorocyclohexanone in 93% yield: Tetrahedron, 51, 2467 (1995).