Terephthalaldehyde is used as an intermediate for the preparation of dyes and fluorescent whitening agents. It is used in the synthesis of polyimines by reacting with aliphatic diamines. It is used as a precursor for the preparation of paramagnetic microporous polymeric organic frameworks (POFs) through copolymerization with pyrrole, indole, and carbazole.
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Applications
Terephthalaldehyde is used as an intermediate for the preparation of dyes and fluorescent whitening agents. It is used in the synthesis of polyimines by reacting with aliphatic diamines. It is used as a precursor for the preparation of paramagnetic microporous polymeric organic frameworks (POFs) through copolymerization with pyrrole, indole, and carbazole.
Solubility
Soluble in hot water, alcohol and ether.
Notes
Air sensitive. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents and strong bases.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Xu, B.; Zheng, D.; Qiu, W.; Gao, F.; Jiang, S.; Wang, Q. An ultrasensitive DNA biosensor based on covalent immobilization of probe DNA on fern leaf-like alfa-Fe2O3 and chitosan Hybrid film using terephthalaldehyde as arm-linker. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2015, 72, 175-181.
- Rohan, R.; Pareek, K.; Cai, W.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, G.; Chen, Z.; Gao, Z.; Danb, Z.; Cheng, H. Melamine-terephthalaldehyde-lithium complex: a porous organic network based single ion electrolyte for lithium ion batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3 (9), 5132-5139.