Chemical Properties
Clear colorless to slightly yellow liquid
Uses
Fumaraldehyde bis(dimethyl acetal) may be used in the syntheses of C
20-carotene and crocetin or descrocetin esters. It may be used in the preparation of fumaraldehyde dimethylacetal, (FDMA), by partial acid hydrolysis.
Purification Methods
Dry it over fused CaCl2 and distil it in vacuo. The maleic (cis) isomer has b 112o/11mm, and d23 0.932 and n 251.4243. [Zeik & Heusner Chem Ber 90 1869 1957, Clauson-Kaas et al. Acta Chem Scand 9 111 1955, Clauson-Kaas Acta Chem Scand 6 569 1952, Beilstein 1 IV 3754.]
