Phthalazine

Phthalazine[1]
Skeletal formula of phthalazine
Ball-and-stick model of the phthalazine molecule
Names
IUPAC name
Phthalazine
Other names
Benzo-orthodiazine
2,3-Benzodiazine
Benzo[d]pyridazine
Identifiers
253-52-1 YesY
ChemSpider 8852 N
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PubChem 9207
Properties
C8H6N2
Molar mass 130.15 g·mol−1
Appearance Pale yellow needles
Melting point 90 to 91 °C (194 to 196 °F; 363 to 364 K)
Boiling point 315 to 317 °C (599 to 603 °F; 588 to 590 K) (decomposition)
Miscible
Acidity (pKa) 3.39[2]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Phthalazine, also called benzo-orthodiazine or benzopyridazine, is a heterocyclic organic compound with the molecular formula C8H6N2. It is isomeric with other naphthyridines including quinoxaline, cinnoline and quinazoline.

Synthesis

Phthalazine can be obtained by the condensation of w-tetrabromorthoxylene with hydrazine, or by the reduction of chlorphthalazine with phosphorus and hydroiodic acid.

Properties

It possesses basic properties and forms addition products with alkyl iodides.

Reactions

Upon oxidation with alkaline potassium permanganate it yields pyridazine dicarboxylic acid. Zinc and hydrochloric acid decompose it with formation of orthoxylylene diamine. The keto-hydro derivative phthalazone (C8H6ON2), is obtained by condensing hydrazine with orthophthalaldehydoacid. On treatment with phosphorus oxychloride, it yields a chlorphthalazine, which with zinc and hydrochloric acid gives isoindole (C8H7N), and with tin and hydrochloric acid, phthalimidine (C8H7ON), the second nitrogen atom being eliminated as ammonia.

References

  1. Merck Index, 11th Edition, 7344.
  2. Brown, H.C., et al., in Baude, E.A. and Nachod, F.C., Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods, Academic Press, New York, 1955.
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