Chemical Properties
WHITE TO LIGHT BEIGE CRYSTALLINE POWDER
Uses
1,3-Dibenzoylpropane may be used in the electrochemical synthesis of
cis-1,2-diphenyl-1,2-cyclopentanediol, via reduction in acetonitrile.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 38, p. 901, 1973
DOI: 10.1021/jo00945a011Tetrahedron Letters, 15, p. 3721, 1974
General Description
1,3-Dibenzoylpropane is a 1,3-diaroylpropane. 1,3-Dibenzoylpropane is formed during hydroxocobalt(III) Schiff base complexes catalyzed selective aldol reaction of dibenzoylmethanes with formaldehyde in methanol.
