Orange benzene

FIGURE 8.4 The variation of the vapor pressure of liquids with temperature, for diethyl ether (orange), benzene (red), ethanol (green), and water (blue). The normal boiling point is the temperature at which the vapor pressure is 1 atm (760 Torr). 

A modern version of dichromate oxidation in aqueous media is a phase-transfer reaction carried out in a two-phase system. Alkaline di-chromate is converted into tetraalkylammonium dichromate, which is soluble in organic solvents such as dichloromethane, chloroform, or benzene ( orange benzene ). The treatment of alcohols with a solution of potassium dichromate in acetic acid in the presence of Adogen 464 (Aldrich s trade name for methyltrialkyl [Cg-Cio] ammonium chloride) and benzene gives aldehydes at 55 °C [651. Similar results are obtained with a chloroform solution of tetrabutylammonium chromate at 60 °C [618]. ... 

Pour the mixture into a 500 ml. flask fitted with a steam-distillation head, and with a steam-inlet tube reaching almost to the bottom of the flask. First distil off the benzene in steam. Then place the flask in an oil-bath heated to 165-170 ", and continue the steam-distillation (2-3 hours). The /)-bromobiphenyl passes over and forms orange crystals in the water-condenser therefore run the water out of the condenser for a short while from time to time to melt the orange deposit and allow it to run into the receiver containing the distilled water. 

To obtain the free acid, dissolve the potassium salt in 50 ml. of cold water, filter the solution if a small undissolved residue remains, and then boil the clear solution gently whilst dilute sulphuric acid is added until the separation of the acid is complete. Cool the solution and filter off the pale orange-coloured crystals of the benzilic acid wash the crystals on the filter with some hot distilled water, drain well, and then dry in a desiccator. Yield of crude acid, 4 g. Recrystallise from benzene (about 50 ml.) to which a small quantity of animal charcoal has been added, filtering the boiling solution through a preheated funnel fitted w ith a fluted filter-paper, as the benzilic acid readily crystallises as the solution cools alternatively, recrystallise from much hot water. The benzilic acid is obtained as colourless crystals, m.p. 150°. 

Dissolve 0-2 g. of fructose in 10 ml. of water, add 0-6 g. of cw-methyl-phenylhydrazine and sufficient rectified spirit to give a clear solution. Since the fructose may not be quite pure, warm the mixture slightly, allow to stand, preferably overnight, so that any insoluble hydrazones may separate if present, remove them by filtration. Add 4 ml. of 50 per cent, acetic acid to the filtrate it will become yellow in colour. Heat the solution on a water bath for 5-10 minutes, and allow to stand in the dark until crystalUsation is complete it may be necessary to scratch the walls of the vessel to induce crystalUsation. Filter the crystals and wash with water, followed by a little ether. RecrystaUise the orange-coloured methylphenylosazone from benzene m.p. 152°. 

Make a thin paste of 21 5 g. of finely-powdered o-tolidine (a commercial product) with 300 ml. of water in a 1-litre beaker, add 25 g. (21 ml.) of concentrated hydrochloric acid, and warm until dissolved. Cool the solution to 10° with ice, stir mechanically, and add a further 25 g. (21 ml.) of concentrated hydrochloric acid (1) partial separation of o tolidine dihydrochloride will occur. Add a solution of 15 g, of sodium nitrite in 30 ml. of water as rapidly as possible, but keep the temperature below 15° a slight excess of nitrous acid is not harmful in this preparation. Add the clear, orange tetrazonium solution to 175 ml. of 30 per cent, hypophosphorous acid (2), and allow the mixture to stand, loosely stoppered, at room temperature for 16-18 hours. Transfer to a separatory funnel, and remove the upper red oily layer. Extract the aqueous layer with 50 ml, of benzene. Dry the combined upper layer and benzene extract with anhydrous magnesium sulphate, and remove the benzene by distillation (compare Fig. II, 13, 4) from a Widmer or similar flask (Figs. II, 24, 3-5) heat in an oil bath to 150° to ensure the removal of the last traces of benzene. Distil the residue at ca. 3 mm. pressure and a temperature of 155°. Collect the 3 3 -dimethyldiphenyl as a pale yellow liquid at 114-115°/3 mm. raise the bath temperature to about 170° when the temperature of the thermometer in the flask commences to fall. The yield is 14 g. 

Compounds containing two primary amino groups attached to a benzene ring can be prepared by the reduction of dinitro compounds and of nitroanilines, usually with tin or stannous chloride and hydrochloric acid or with iron and very dilute hydrochloric acid. / ara-diamines may also be obtained by the reduction of aromatic amino-azo compounds (e.g., p-aminodimethylanihne from methyl orange, see Section IV,78). p-Phenylenediamine may also be prepared from p-nitroacetanilide reduction with iron and acid yields p-amino-acetaniUde,.which may be hydrolysed to the diamine. 

Ethyl bis-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) acetate (indicator) the stock solution is prepared by saturating a solution containing equal volumes of alcohol and acetone with the indicator pH range colorless 7.4-9.1 deep blue. This compound is available commercially. The preparation of this compound is described by Fehnel and Amstutz, Ind. Eng. Chem., Anal. Ed. 16 53 (1944), and by von Richter, Ber. 21 2470 (1888), who recommended it for the titration of orange- and red-colored solutions or dark oils in which the endpoint of phenol-phthalein is not easily visible. The indicator is an orange solid which after crystallization from benzene gives pale yellow crystals melting at 150-153.5°C, uncorrected. 

Acetophenone. Acetophenone [98-86-2] (methyl phenyl ketone) is a colorless Hquid that forms laminar crystals at low temperature (mp 20°C). It has a characteristic sweet orange blossom odor, and is soluble in alcohols and ethers. It is found in nature in oil of casatoreum, obtained from beavers oil of labdanum, recovered from plants and in buds of balsam poplar. It can be prepared by the Friedel-Crafts reaction (qv) of acetyl chloride with benzene in the presence of aluminum chloride however, this route is of Htde commercial significance. 

Amino-4-nitrophenol. This derivative, 2-hydroxy-5-nitroani1ine (9), forms orange prisms from water. These prisms are hydrated with one water of crystallization, mp 80—90°C, and can be dehydrated over sulfuric acid to the anhydrous form, mp 143 —145°C. The compound is soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether, acetic acid, and warm benzene and slightly soluble in water. 

Riboflavin forms fine yellow to orange-yeUow needles with a bitter taste from 2 N acetic acid, alcohol, water, or pyridine. It melts with decomposition at 278—279°C (darkens at ca 240°C). The solubihty of riboflavin in water is 10—13 mg/100 mL at 25—27.5°C, and in absolute ethanol 4.5 mg/100 mL at 27.5°C it is slightly soluble in amyl alcohol, cyclohexanol, benzyl alcohol, amyl acetate, and phenol, but insoluble in ether, chloroform, acetone, and benzene. It is very soluble in dilute alkah, but these solutions are unstable. Various polymorphic crystalline forms of riboflavin exhibit variations in physical properties. In aqueous nicotinamide solution at pH 5, solubihty increases from 0.1 to 2.5% as the nicotinamide concentration increases from 5 to 50% (9). 

Tetracyanoethylene is colorless but forms intensely colored complexes with olefins or aromatic hydrocarbons, eg, benzene solutions are yellow, xylene solutions are orange, and mesitylene solutions are red. The colors arise from complexes of a Lewis acid—base type, with partial transfer of a TT-electron from the aromatic hydrocarbon to TCNE (8). TCNE is conveniendy prepared in the laboratory from malononitrile [109-77-3] (1) by debromination of dibromoma1 ononitrile [1855-23-0] (2) with copper powder (9). The debromination can also be done by pyrolysis at ca 500°C (10). 

Naphthacene (benz[b]anthracene, 2,3-benzanthracene, rubene) [92-24-0] M 228.3, m >300 , 341 (open capillary), 349 , 357 . Crystd from EtOH or benzene. Dissolved in sodium-dried benzene and passed through a column of alumina. The benzene was evaporated under vacuum, and the chromatography was repeated using fresh benzene. Finally, the naphthacene was sublimed under vacuum. [Martin and Ubblehode J Chem Soc 4948 7967.] Also recrysts in orange needles from xylene and sublimes in vacuo at 186°. [UV Chem Ber 65 517 1932, 69 607 7956 IR Spectrochim Acta 4 373 7957.]... 

Naphthoquinone [524-42-5] M 158.2, m 140-142 (dec). Crystd from ether (red needles) or benzene (orange leaflets). 

Orange crysts by sublimation at 250-260°/3-4mm [UV Badger and Pearce Spectrochim Acta 4 280 1950]. Also recrystd from benzene under red light because it is chemiluminescent and light sensitive. 

B. Tropohne. In a 1-1., three-necked, round-bottomed flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, addition funnel, and reflux condenser are placed 500 ml. of glacial acetic acid and then, cautiously, 100 g. of sodium hydroxide pellets. After the pellets have dissolved, 100 g. of 7,7-dichlorobicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one is added and the solution is maintained at reflux under nitrogen for 8 hours. Concentrated hydrochloric acid is then added until the mixture is about pH 1 approximately 125 ml. of acid is required. After the addition of 1 1. of benzene, the mixture is filtered and the solid sodium chloride is washed with three 100-ml. portions of benzene. The two phases of the filtrate are separated and the aqueous phase is transferred to a 1-1. continuous extractor (Note 8) which is stirred magnetically. The combined benzene phase is transferred to a 2-1. pot connected to the extractor and the aqueous phase is extracted for 13 hours. Following distillation of the benzene, the remaining orange liquid is distilled under reduced pressure... 

Diethylamino-4-methylselenazole was coupled by Haginiwa with benzene diazonium chloride to yield the corresponding 5-azo compound, which formed orange colored granules, mp 101°C. ... 

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