Propionaldehyde
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Names
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IUPAC name
Propionaldehyde
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Preferred IUPAC name
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Other names
- Methylacetaldehyde
- Propionic aldehyde
- Propaldehyde
- Propan-1-one
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Identifiers
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3DMet
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ChEBI
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ChEMBL
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ChemSpider
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ECHA InfoCard
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100.004.204
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EC Number
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KEGG
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RTECS number
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UNII
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UN number
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1275
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InChI=1S/C3H6O/c1-2-3-4/h3H,2H2,1H3
Y
Key: NBBJYMSMWIIQGU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Y
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Properties
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C
3
H
6
O
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Molar mass
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58.080
g·mol
?1
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Appearance
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Colourless liquid
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Odor
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Pungent and fruity
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Density
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0.81 g cm
?3
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Melting point
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?81 °C (?114 °F; 192 K)
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Boiling point
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46 to 50 °C (115 to 122 °F; 319 to 323 K)
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20 g/100 mL
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-34.32·10
?6
cm
3
/mol
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Viscosity
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0.6
cP
at 20 °C
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Structure
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C
1
, O: sp
2
C
2
, C
3
: sp
3
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2.52
D
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Hazards
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GHS
labelling
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Danger
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H225
,
H302
,
H315
,
H318
,
H332
,
H335
[1]
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P210
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P261
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P280
,
P304+P340+P312
,
P305+P351+P338
,
P310
,
P403+P235
[1]
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NFPA 704
(fire diamond)
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Flash point
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?26 °C (?15 °F; 247 K)
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175 °C (347 °F; 448 K)
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Related compounds
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Acetaldehyde
Butyraldehyde
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state
(at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chemical compound
Propionaldehyde
or
propanal
is the
organic compound
with the formula CH
3
CH
2
CHO. It is the 3-carbon
aldehyde
. It is a colourless, flammable liquid with a pungent and fruity odour. It is produced on a large scale industrially.
Production
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Propionaldehyde is mainly produced industrially by
hydroformylation
of
ethylene
:
- CO + H
2
+ C
2
H
4
→ CH
3
CH
2
CHO
In this way, several hundred thousand tons are produced annually.
[2]
Laboratory preparation
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Propionaldehyde may also be prepared by oxidizing
1-propanol
with a mixture of
sulfuric acid
and
potassium dichromate
. The reflux condenser contains water heated at 60 °C, which condenses unreacted propanol, but allows propionaldehyde to pass. The propionaldehyde vapor is immediately condensed into a suitable receiver. In this arrangement, any propionaldehyde formed is immediately removed from the reactor, thus it does not get over-oxidized to
propionic acid
.
[3]
Reactions
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Propionaldehyde exhibits the reactions characteristic of alkyl
aldehydes
, e.g. hydrogenation, aldol condensations, oxidations, etc. It is the simplest aldehyde with a prochiral methylene such that α-functionalized derivatives (CH
3
CH(X)CHO) are
chiral
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If water is available, propionaldehyde exists in equilibrium with
1,1-propanediol
, a
geminal diol
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Uses
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It is predominantly used as a precursor to
trimethylolethane
(CH
3
C(CH
2
OH)
3
) through a
condensation reaction
with
formaldehyde
. This triol is an important intermediate in the production of
alkyd
resins
. It is used in the synthesis of several common
aroma compounds
(
cyclamen aldehyde
,
helional
,
lilial
). Other applications include reduction to propanol and oxidation to propionic acid.
[2]
Laboratory uses
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Propionaldehyde is a common reagent, being a building block to many compounds.
[4]
Many of these uses exploit its participation in condensation reactions.
[5]
[
verification needed
]
With
tert
-butylamine
it gives CH
3
CH
2
CH=N-
t
-Bu, a three-carbon building block used in
organic synthesis
.
[6]
Propionaldehyde along with
acrolein
has been detected in the
molecular cloud
Sagittarius B2
near the center of the
Milky Way Galaxy
, about 26,000 light years from Earth.
[7]
[8]
[9]
Measurements by the COSAC and Ptolemy instruments on
comet
67/P
's
surface, revealed sixteen
organic compounds
, four of which were seen for the first time on a comet, including
acetamide
,
acetone
,
methyl isocyanate
and propionaldehyde.
[10]
[11]
[12]
Safety
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With an
LD50
of 1690 mg/kg (oral),
[2]
propionaldehyde exhibits low acute toxicity, but is a lung and eye irritant and is a combustible liquid.
References
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- ^
a
b
Record of
Propanal
in the
GESTIS Substance Database
of the
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
, accessed on 22 March 2020.
- ^
a
b
c
Hensel, A. (2018). "Propanal".
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH.
doi
:
10.1002/14356007.a22_157.pub3
.
ISBN
978-3527306732
.
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Hurd, Charles D.; Meinert, R. N. (1932). "Propionaldehyde".
Organic Syntheses
.
12
: 64.
doi
:
10.15227/orgsyn.012.0064
.
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Wehrli, Pius A.; Chu, Vera (1978). "Y-Ketoesters from Aldehydes Via Diethyl Acylsuccinates: Ethyl 4-Oxohexanoate".
Organic Syntheses
.
58
: 79.
doi
:
10.15227/orgsyn.058.0079
.
- ^
Sessler, Jonathan L.; Mozaffari, Azadeh; Johnson, Martin R. (1992). "3,4-Diethylpyrrole and 2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-Octaethylporphyrin".
Org. Synth
.
70
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doi
:
10.15227/orgsyn.070.0068
.
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Peralta, M. M. "Propionaldehyde t-Butylimine" in Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (Ed: L. Paquette) 2004, J. Wiley & Sons, New York.
doi
:
10.1002/047084289X
.
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Scientists Discover Two New Interstellar Molecules: Point to Probable Pathways for Chemical Evolution in Space
, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, June 21, 2004
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Two newly found space molecules. By: Goho, Alexandra, Science News, 00368423, 7/24/2004, Vol. 166, Issue 4
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Chemical Precursors to Life Found in Space Scientists say that a universal prebiotic chemistry may be at work
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Jordans, Frank (30 July 2015).
"Philae probe finds evidence that comets can be cosmic labs"
.
The Washington Post
. Associated Press. Archived from
the original
on 23 December 2018
. Retrieved
30 July
2015
.
- ^
"Science on the Surface of a Comet"
. European Space Agency. 30 July 2015
. Retrieved
30 July
2015
.
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Bibring, J.-P.; Taylor, M.G.G.T.; Alexander, C.; Auster, U.; Biele, J.; Finzi, A. Ercoli; Goesmann, F.; Klingehoefer, G.; Kofman, W.; Mottola, S.; Seidenstiker, K.J.; Spohn, T.; Wright, I. (31 July 2015).
"Philae's First Days on the Comet - Introduction to Special Issue"
(PDF)
.
Science
.
349
(6247): 493.
Bibcode
:
2015Sci...349..493B
.
doi
:
10.1126/science.aac5116
.
PMID
26228139
.