112929-94-9

Basic information

• Product Name: 1-Naphthalenecarbonitrile, 4-(methoxymethyl)-
• CAS NO: 112929-94-9
• Molecular Formula: C13H11NO
• Molecular Weight: 197.236
• Mol File: 112929-94-9.mol
• Article Data: 2

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: 1-Naphthalenecarbonitrile, 4-(methoxymethyl)-(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: 1-Naphthalenecarbonitrile, 4-(methoxymethyl)-(112929-94-9)
• EPA Substance Registry System: 1-Naphthalenecarbonitrile, 4-(methoxymethyl)-(112929-94-9)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 112929-94-9(Hazardous Substances Data)

Usage

Compound type

Nitrile derivative of naphthalene

Usage

Production of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals

Physical form

White to off-white crystalline solid

Melting point

74-76°C

Molecular weight

223.27 g/mol

Main use

Intermediate in the synthesis of various organic compounds

Can also act as

Building block in the preparation of other chemical substances

Safety precautions

Handle with care and proper safety measures to avoid health hazards

Upstream product

• 145224-20-0 4-Methoxy-benzoic acid 4-cyano-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl ester 
• 145224-19-7 Benzoic acid 4-cyano-naphthalen-1-ylmethyl ester 
• 123674-43-1 4-cyano-1-naphthylmethyl phenylacetate 
• 67-56-1 methanol 

Relevant articles and documents

Intramolecular electron transfer in the photochemistry of substituted 1-naphthylmethyl esters of benzoic acids

Direct excitation of the esters 5 in methanol solvent leads to rapid intramolecular exciplex formation (kex = 1010 s-1 for X = CH3O, Y = CN) with electron transfer from the naphthalene to the benzoate ring.This process dominates the usual fluorescence and reaction of the excited singlet state.The rate of this process can be varied over 103 by suitable change in the substituents X and Y.The electron-transfer rates can be correlated with the two-parameter Hammett equation: log kex = 8.48 - 1.5?+ + 0.77?.For cases where the rate of exciplex formation is slow, the usual homolytic carbon-oxygen bond cleavage occurs from the excited singlet state.The eventual products result from the ion pair since the rate of electron transfer in the radical pair to form the ion pair is considerably faster than the rate of decarboxylation of the benzoyloxy radical.