[2.2]Paracyclophane

Chemical Properties

WHITE TO LIGHT BEIGE CRYSTALS OR CRYSTAL. POWDER

Uses

2,2]-Paracyclophane is the raw material for the synthesis of parylene which is widely used in microelectronic integrated circuit.

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 46, p. 1043, 1981 DOI: 10.1021/jo00318a047

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified

Purification Methods

Purify it by recrystallisation from AcOH. 1H-NMR : 1.62 (Ar-H) and -1.71 (CH2) [Waugh & Fessenden J Am Chem Soc 79 846 1957, IR and UV: Cram et al. J Am Chem Soc 76 6132 1954, Cram & Steinberg J Am Chem Soc 73 5691 1951. It complexes with unsaturated compounds: Cram & Bauer J Am Chem Soc 81 5971 1959, Syntheses: Brink Synthesis 807 1975, Givens et al. J Org Chem 44 16087 1979, Kaplan et al. Tetrahedron Lett 3665 1976]. [Beilstein 5 IV 2223.]