ALLYL BENZOATE

Chemical properties

Colorless liquid. (Yellowish if made by old cross-esterification method). B.P. 230℃. Sp.Gr. 1.058. Insoluble in water.

The Uses of ALLYL BENZOATE

Allyl Benzoate is a versatile reactant used in the preparation of stable potassium alkyltrifluoroborates for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions with aryltriflates and arylhalides.

Definition

ChEBI: Allyl benzoate is a benzoate ester.

Preparation

Allyl benzoate is produced by direct esterification (azeotropic) of Allyl alcohol and Benzoic acid.

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 57, p. 2166, 1992 DOI: 10.1021/jo00033a048
Tetrahedron Letters, 29, p. 4513, 1988 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)80534-1
Synthetic Communications, 5, p. 213, 1975 DOI: 10.1080/00397917508064112

Solubility in organics

Allyl Benzoate is miscible with alcohol, perfume oils. Poorly soluble in Propylene glycol.