Phenylglyoxal

Summary

Phenylglyoxal is the organic compound with the formula C6H5C(O)C(O)H. It contains both an aldehyde and a ketone functional group. It is yellow liquid when anhydrous but readily forms a colorless crystalline hydrate. It has been used as a reagent to modify the amino acid, arginine.[2] It has also been used to attach chemical payload (probes) to the amino acid citrulline[3] and to peptides/proteins.[4]

Phenylglyoxal
Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2-Oxo-2-phenylacetaldehyde
Systematic IUPAC name
2-Oxo-2-phenylethanal
Other names
Phenylglyoxal
1-Phenylethanedione
Identifiers
  • 1075-06-5 (monohydrate) ☒N
  • 1074-12-0 (anhydrous) checkY
3D model (JSmol)
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ChEMBL
  • ChEMBL233632
ChemSpider
  • 13470 checkY
ECHA InfoCard 100.012.761 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 214-036-1
  • 14090
RTECS number
  • KM5775180
UNII
  • N45G3015PA checkY
  • DTXSID8025888 Edit this at Wikidata
  • InChI=1S/C8H6O2/c9-6-8(10)7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-6H ☒N
    Key: OJUGVDODNPJEEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C8H6O2/c9-6-8(10)7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-6H
    Key: OJUGVDODNPJEEC-UHFFFAOYAA
  • O=C(C=O)c1ccccc1
Properties
C8H6O2
Molar mass 134.13 g/mol (anhydrous)
Appearance yellow liquid (anhydrous)
white crystals (hydrate)
Density ? g/cm3
Melting point 76 to 79 °C (169 to 174 °F; 349 to 352 K) (hydrate)
Boiling point 63 to 65 °C (145 to 149 °F; 336 to 338 K) (0.5 mmHg, anhydrous)
forms the hydrate
Solubility in other solvents common organic solvents
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards
toxic
GHS labelling:[1]
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H302, H315, H319, H335
P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P330, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, P501
Related compounds
Related aldehydes
3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde

Methylglyoxal
Phenylacetaldehyde

Related compounds
benzil
glyoxal
acetophenone
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

Properties edit

Like some other aldehydes, phenylglyoxal polymerizes upon standing, as indicated by solidification of the liquid. Upon heating, this polymer "cracks" to give back the yellow aldehyde. Dissolution of phenylglyoxal in water gives crystals of the hydrate:

C6H5C(O)COH + H2O → C6H5C(O)CH(OH)2

Upon heating, the hydrate loses water and regenerates the anhydrous liquid.

Preparation edit

Phenylglyoxal was first prepared by thermal decomposition of the sulfite derivative of the oxime:[5]

C6H5C(O)CH(NOSO2H) + 2 H2O → C6H5C(O)CHO + NH4HSO4

More conveniently, it can be prepared from methyl benzoate by reaction with KCH2S(O)CH3 to give PhC(O)CH(SCH3)(OH), which is oxidized with copper(II) acetate.[6] Alternatively, it can also be prepared by oxidation of acetophenone with selenium dioxide.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Phenylglyoxal". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ Kenji Takahashi (1968). "The Reaction of Phenylglyoxal with Arginine Residues in Proteins". J. Biol. Chem. 243 (23): 6171–9. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)94475-3. PMID 5723461.
  3. ^ Bicker KL, Subramanian V, Chumanevich AA, Hofseth LJ, Thompson PR (2012). "Seeing citrulline: development of a phenylglyoxal-based probe to visualize protein citrullination". J Am Chem Soc. 134 (41): 17015–8. doi:10.1021/ja308871v. PMC 3572846. PMID 23030787.
  4. ^ Thompson DA, Ng R, Dawson PE (2016). "Arginine selective reagents for ligation to peptides and proteins". J Pept Sci. 22 (5): 311–9. doi:10.1002/psc.2867. PMID 27005702. S2CID 35028264.
  5. ^ H. von Pechmann (1887). "Zur Spaltung der Isonitrosoverbindungen". Chem. Ber. 20 (2): 2904–2906. doi:10.1002/cber.188702002156.
  6. ^ Mikol, G. J.; Russell, G. A. (1973). "Phenylglyoxal". Organic Syntheses; Collected Volumes, vol. 5, p. 937.
  7. ^ Riley, H. A.; Gray, A. R. (1943). "Phenylglyoxal". Organic Syntheses; Collected Volumes, vol. 2, p. 509.