4-Chlorobenzaldehyde is an
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. The ...
with the chemical formula C
7H
5ClO. It can produced by the oxidation of
4-chlorobenzyl alcohol. It can be further oxidized to
4-chlorobenzoic acid. It will react with
malononitrile
Malononitrile is an organic compound nitrile with the formula . It is a colorless or white solid. It can be prepared by dehydration of cyanoacetamide.
Malononitrile is relatively acidic, with a p''K''a of 11 in water. This allows it to be used ...
to form 4-chlorobenzylidenylmalononitrile. 4-Chlorobenzaldehyde reacts with
benzylamine
Benzylamine is an organic chemical compound with the condensed structural formula C6H5CH2NH2 (sometimes abbreviated as PhCH2NH2 or BnNH2). It consists of a benzyl group, C6H5CH2, attached to an amine functional group, NH2. This colorless water ...
to produce ''N''-(4-chlorobenzylidenyl)benzylamine。
References
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Chlorobenzenes
Benzaldehydes