A quick question: could somebee w/an access to appropriate literature provide me with a 2-bromo-1,4-diMeO-benzene's melting point?

Thanx a lot in advance,

Antoncho

http://webbook.nist.gov/

.........check here...

....i've already searched every place on the Net i knew of and found nicht  - otherwise i wouldn't bee asking.


Anyone else? Please?



Antoncho

Antoncho
I looked a bit but nothing poped out with the answer.
I did find this tho....

mmmm  HCN
Why can't such pretty chemistry use benign reagents??

Preparation of 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxybenzoic acid.
Bortnik, S. P.; Landau, M. A.; Siryachenko, B. V.; Dubov, S. S.; Yarovenko, N. N.    USSR.   
Zh. Org. Khim.  (1972),  8(2),  340-1.  
Journal  written in Russian.   
Abstract
2,5-(MeO)2C6H3Br reacted with anhyd. HCN in PhCl contg. HCl and AlCl3 to give 75% 4,2,5-Br(MeO)2C6H2CHO (I) after hydrolysis with aq. HCl.  Subsequent oxidn. of I afforded 4,2,5-Br(MeO)2C6H2CO2H, which was also produced in 48% yield by carbonation of 4,2,5-Br(MeO)2C6H2MgBr, prepd. from 4,2,5-Br(MeO)2C6H2Br and Mg in THF.

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C8H9BrO2 isn't listed in the formula index in the 60th edition of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, but C8H9IO2 is (b651).  b651 is listed under benzene, 1,2-dimethoxy-4-iodo- ; mp is 35 degrees C.  There's no benzene, 1,4-dimethoxy-2-bromo- listed.
Its not in the Merck Index 9th edition, either.

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Bromoquinol, also known as Aldurol, bromohydroquinone and 2-bromo 1,4 dihydroxybenzene crystalizes as leaflets, melts at 110-1° C and sublimes at 113-5° C; soluble in H2O, EtOH, Et2O, C6H6 & AcOH    Moderately soluble in chloroform and ligroin. Reacts with ferric chloride to form bromo-pbenzoquinone  

lugh
What are those properties of?
bromohydroquinone or 2-bromo 1,4 dimethoxybenzene?

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They are alternate names for the same compound, remember there are four different chemical naming systems in English, as opposed to German, which has only one system of chemical nomenclature  

They're not the same compound, lugh.

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I'm quoting Oxford Press's Dictionary of Organic Compounds, the entry is under Bromoquinol    The OH groups are para or 1,4 positions on the benzene ring, thus the bromo group is always in the 2 position. What source do you have that disputes Oxford?

hydroxy groups are not the same thing as methoxy groups.

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Instead of calling the CH2O groups methoxy groups, Oxford's uses the Di-Me ether terminology, but no melting point is given    It does list a boiling point of 262-3° C, insoluble in water and soluble in most organic solvents. Density is listed as 1.445, further information may be able to be found in the listed references, Am Chem J 42 491 (1909); Chem Zentr II, 2451 (1932) & Ann 209 105 (1881)  

2-bromo-1,4-dimethoxybenzene = 1-bromo-2,5-dimethoxybenzene
CAS 25245-34-5
bp = 260-262°C @ 760 mm Hg, 131°C @ 10 mm Hg
Unfortunately no mp found.
However the related compound, 1-bromo-2,4-dimethoxybenzene has an mp of 25-26°C, so I would guess that 2-bromo-1,4-dimethoxybenzene would have a higher mp than this (maybe somewhere around 80°C )

2,5-Dimethoxybromobenzene (= 2-bromo-1,4-dimethoxybenzene) is a liquid at room temp.

Rhodium, you wouldn't believe how glad i am to hear that!

Means SWIM hasn't totally fucked everything up after all

Do you by chance know if it steam-distills? Or any other means of purification, xcept for vac-distillation?

 thanx a lot,



Antoncho

Mountain Girl lists an atmospheric boiling point above, so it is probably stable enough to distill without vacuum. I'd suspect it would be too much of a hassle to steam distill it, considering its high boiling point.

Heh. You should have asked the question `is 2-Br-1,4dmb a liquid at RT?'.

The 2-bromo-1,4-dimethoxybenzene SWIM saw had a slightly greenish tinge, and did not freeze at -18. IIRC. Cooling can result in the deposition of dissolved 1,4-dimethoxybenzene, so that can be used as a `last effort' to clean things up, if quantities are too small for distilling, and kugelrohr's are out of the question.
It also has a very typical smell. Not as annoyingly sweet as 1,4-DMB, but more lubricant-alike.

What's the next thing you're going to do with it? Grignard?

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I'm quoting Oxford Press's Dictionary of Organic Compounds, the entry is under Bromoquinol  The OH groups are para or 1,4 positions on the benzene ring, thus the bromo group is always in the 2 position. What source do you have that disputes Oxford?

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Um, I don't think anybody has a problem with Oxford's dictionary, but bromoquinone and bromodimethoxybenzene are most certainly not the same compound. Period. Quinones have two hydroxy functional groups on their rings, but dimethoxybenzene has... you guessed it: two methoxy groups. One has a the empirical forluma C₆H₅BrO₂ (bromoquinol, as you call it), while the other has the formula C₈H₉BrO₂.

BTW, forgive my ignorance, but what are these four systems of English nomenclature, and who developed them? Every system of word-based nomenclature I've ever encountered seemed inherently German in structure. I can't think of any fundamental nomenclature practices that weren't first developed by German chemists, and then later adopted by the rest of the world.

Dear Yellium!

It was even nicer to read your post than the previous one by Rh!

The picture SWIM got after brominating p-DMB w/dioxane dibromide (NOT KBr3  - unfortunately, that proc. was found after the rxn was done) was a black oil w/a smell very similar to what you describe. That oil somewhat solidified in the freezer, but  immediately melted again when brought to the ambience. Naturally, judging from mp xtrapolations, SWIM was very confused

He thinks he'll try (not very soon tho) to 1st steam-distill out the leftover p-DMB and then pull out the product with overheated steam....... Could get it to work, w/a minimal amt of luck

As for the intended usage - SWIM's qualification is far far beehind the level of making Grignars, esp. phenylic!  - instead he'll try to chloromethylate it, he thinks.


Yours very sincerely,

Antoncho

Distilling anything with a sizeable fraction of 1,4-DMB in it is a bitch. The 1,4-DMB will nicely distill, and then solidify on your cooler, either clogging up your vacuum, or making it separation nearly impossible, because when the next (liquid) fraction comes over, it dissolves all the 1,4-DMB again. Definately kugelrohr stuff.