Substance

ID:715229

2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone

Names and Identifiers
IUPAC Traditional name
4,5-dichloro-3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-diene-1,2-dicarbonitrile
IUPAC name
4,5-dichloro-3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-diene-1,2-dicarbonitrile
Synonyms
DDQ2,3-二氯-5,6-二氰基苯醌2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone
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Properties
Safety Information
GHS Precautionary statements
P264-P270-P301+P310-P321-P405-P501A
Safety Statements
7/8-20-36-45
Storage Warning
Moisture Sensitive
GHS Hazard statements
H301
European Hazard Symbols
Toxic Toxic (T)
TSCA Listed
RTECS
GU4825000
Packing Group
II
GHS Pictograms
GHS06
Acute toxicity (oral, dermal, inhalation), categories 1,2,3
Hazard Class
6.1
UN Number
UN3439
Risk Statements
25-29
Product Information
Purity
98+%
Physical Property
Melting Point
214-218°C
Molecule Details
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References
• Silyl and THP ethers are deprotected: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 2997 (1992); Synth. Commun., 25, 2373 (1995), respectively. Ethers of benzylic or allylic alcohols are oxidized to aldehydes, permitting the use of the methoxymethyl group as a masked aldehyde: Can. J. Chem., 67, 699 (1989). For cleavage of thioacetals to carbonyl groups, see: J. Org. Chem., 58, 7576 (1993); Chem. Lett., 965 (1994).
• Widely used dehydrogenation reagent, e.g. in aromatization reactions; review: Chem. Rev., 67, 153 (1967); 78, 317 (1978). For an example, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 6, 731 (1988). Dehydrogenation of chromanones to chromones and flavanones to flavones: Synthesis, 310 (1983); spirocyclohexenones to the corresponding cross-conjugated dienones: Org. Synth. Coll., 7, 473 (1990).
• Catalyzes formation of THP ethers from alcohols: Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 65, 304 (1992), the isopropylidenation of carbohydrates with 2,2-Dimethoxypropane, A13810: Acta Chem. Scand., 47, 843 (1993); and C-N bond formation e.g. imines from arylamines and aldehydes (see also 1,2-Dianilinoethane, B23098), and, with 1 mole of DDQ, benzimidazole formation: Tetrahedron, 51, 5813 (1995):
• For a brief feature on uses of the reagent in synthesis, see: Synlett, 196 (2006).