Methylenecyclohexane

Methylenecyclohexane

Methylenecyclohexane

Chemical compound

Methylenecyclohexane (IUPAC name: methylidenecyclohexane) is an organic compound with the molecular formula C7H12.

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Synthesis

It can be produced by a Wittig reaction or a reaction with a Tebbe's reagent from cyclohexanone.[1][2][3] It can also be synthesized as a side product of the dehydration of 2-methylcyclohexanol into 1-methylcyclohexene.

Structure

Methylenecyclohexane is an unsaturated hydrocarbon, containing a cyclohexane ring with a methylene (methylidine) group attached.

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References

  1. [1]
    Wittig, George; Schoellkopf, U. (1960). "Methylenecyclohexane". Organic Syntheses. 40: 66. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.040.0066.
  2. [2]
    Mark, Herman F. (2007). Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Concise. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 682. ISBN 978-0-470-04610-4. I this way, cyclohexanone is transformed into methylenecyclohexene and benzaldehyde into stryene.
  3. [3]
    Dalton, David R. (August 4, 2011). Foundations of Organic Chemistry: Unity and Diversity of Structures, Pathways, and Reactions. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 819–820. ISBN 978-1-118-00538-5. Now, when cyclohexanone is added to the solution in which the [Tebbe] reagent has been generated, reaction occurs to produce methylenecyclohexane and triphenylphosphine oxide
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