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Benzylidene compounds are, formally speaking, derivatives of benzylidene, although few are prepared from the carbene.
Benzylidene acetal
In organic chemistry
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain ...
is a
protecting group
A protecting group or protective group is introduced into a molecule by chemical modification of a functional group to obtain chemoselectivity in a subsequent chemical reaction. It plays an important role in multistep organic synthesis.
In many ...
in synthetic organic chemistry of the form PhCH(OR)
2. For example, 4,6-O-benzylidene-glucopyranose is a glucose derivative. Benzylidene is an archaic term for compounds of the type PhCHX
2 and PhCH= substituents (Ph = C
6H
5). For example,
dibenzylideneacetone
Dibenzylideneacetone or dibenzalacetone, often abbreviated dba, is an organic compound with the formula C17H14O. It is a pale-yellow solid insoluble in water, but soluble in ethanol.
It was first prepared in 1881 by the German chemist Rainer Ludwi ...
is (PhCH=CH)
2CO.
Benzal chloride
Benzal chloride is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CHCl2. This colourless liquid is a lachrymator and is used as a building block in organic synthesis.
Preparation and usage
Benzal chloride is produced by the free radical chlorination o ...
, PhCHCl
2, is alternatively named benzylidene chloride.
Benzylidene is the molecule C
6H
5CH. It is a triplet
carbene
In organic chemistry, a carbene is a molecule containing a neutral carbon atom with a valence of two and two unshared valence electrons. The general formula is or where the R represents substituents or hydrogen atoms.
The term "carbene" ma ...
(CAS RN 3101-08-4). It is generated by irradiation of phenyldiazomethane.
See also
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Aurone
An aurone is a heterocyclic chemical compound which is a type of flavonoid. There are two isomers of the molecule, with (''E'')- and (''Z'')-configurations. The molecule contains a benzofuran element associated with a benzylidene linked in pos ...
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Aromatic compounds
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