Phenylpropiolic acid
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Names | |
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IUPAC name
Phenylpropynoic acid | |
Other names
Phenylpropiolic acid | |
Identifiers | |
637-44-5 ![]() | |
3D model (Jmol) | Interactive image |
ChEBI | CHEBI:90355 ![]() |
ChemSpider | 62682 ![]() |
ECHA InfoCard | 100.010.260 |
PubChem | 69475 |
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Properties | |
C9H6O2 | |
Molar mass | 146.14 g/mol |
Melting point | 135 to 137 °C (275 to 279 °F; 408 to 410 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Infobox references | |
Phenylpropiolic acid, C6H5CCCO2H, formed by the action of alcoholic potash on cinnamic acid dibromide, C6H5CHBrCHBrCO2H, crystallizes in long needles or prisms which melt at 136–137 °C. When heated with water to 120 °C, it yields phenylacetylene (C6H5CCH). Chromic acid oxidizes it to benzoic acid; zinc and acetic acid reduce it to cinnamic acid, C6H5CH=CHCO2H, whilst sodium amalgam reduces it to hydrocinnamic acid, C6H5CH2CH2CO2H. Ortho-nitrophenylpropiolic acid, NO2C6H4CCCO2H, prepared by the action of alcoholic potash on ortho-nitrocinnamic acid dibromide, crystallizes in needles which decompose when heated to 155–156 °C. It is readily converted into indigo.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.