Diphenylacetylene
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Preferred IUPAC name
1,1′-Ethynediyldibenzene | |
Other names
Tolane
1,2-Diphenylethyne 2-Phenylethynylbenzene Tolan Diphenylacetylene | |
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Properties | |
C14H10 | |
Molar mass | 178.234 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | Colorless solid |
Density | 1.136 g cm−3[1] |
Melting point | 62.5 °C (144.5 °F; 335.6 K) |
Boiling point | 170 °C (338 °F; 443 K) at 19 mmHg |
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Safety data sheet (SDS) | Fisher Scientific MSDS |
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Related compounds
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But-2-yne Dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Diphenylacetylene is the chemical compound C6H5C≡CC6H5. The molecule consists of two phenyl groups attached to a C2 unit. A colorless solid, it is used as a building block in organic synthesis and as a ligand in organometallic chemistry.
Preparation and structure
In one preparation for this compound, benzil is condensed with hydrazine to give the bis(hydrazone), which is oxidized with mercury(II) oxide.[2] Alternatively stilbene is brominated, and the resulting dibromodiphenylethane is subjected to dehydrohalogenation,[3] Yet another method starts involves the coupling iodobenzene and the copper salt of phenylacetylene in the Castro-Stephens coupling.
Diphenylacetylene is a planar molecule. The central C≡C distance is 119.8 picometers.[1]
Derivatives
Reaction of diphenylacetylene with tetraphenylcyclopentadienone results in the formation of hexaphenylbenzene in a Diels–Alder reaction.[4] Reaction of Ph2C2 with benzal chloride in the presence of potassium t-butoxide affords the 3-alkoxycyclopropene which converts to the cyclopropenium ion.[5]
References
- ^ a b Mavridis, A.; Moustakali-Mavridis, I. (1977). "A Reinvestigation of Tolane". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry. 33 (11): 3612–3615. doi:10.1107/S0567740877011674.
- ^ Cope, A. C.; Smith, D. S.; Cotter, R. J. (1954). "Diphenylacetylene". Organic Syntheses. 34: 42. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.034.0042.
- ^ Lee Irvin Smith; M. M. Falkof (1942). "Diphenylacetylene". Organic Syntheses. 22: 50. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.022.0050.
- ^ Fieser, L. F. (1966). "Hexaphenylbenzene". Organic Syntheses. 46: 44. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.046.0044.
- ^ Xu, Ruo; Breslow, Ronald (1997). "1,2,3-Triphenylcyclopropenium Bromide". Organic Syntheses. 74: 72. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.074.0072.