Decalin
Decalin (decahydronaphthalene, also known as bicyclo[4.4.0]decane and sometimes decaline),[3] a bicyclic organic compound, is an industrial solvent. A colorless liquid with an aromatic odor, it is used as a solvent for many resins or fuel additives.[4] It is the saturated analog of naphthalene and can be prepared from it by hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst. Decalin easily forms explosive[5] organic peroxides upon storage in the presence of air.[6][7]
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Preferred IUPAC name
Decahydronaphthalene[1] | |
Other names
Bicyclo[4.4.0]decane[1] Decalin | |
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878165 | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.001.861 |
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UN number | 1147 |
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Properties | |
C10H18 | |
Molar mass | 138.25 g/mol |
Appearance | colorless liquid |
Density | 0.896 g/cm3 |
Melting point | trans: −30.4 °C (−22.7 °F, 242.7 K) cis: −42.9 °C (−45.2 °F, 230.3 K)[2] |
Boiling point | trans: 187 °C (369 °F) cis: 196 °C (384 °F) |
Insoluble | |
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Refractive index (nD) |
1.481 |
Hazards | |
Safety data sheet | Decalin MSDS |
GHS pictograms | |
GHS Signal word | Danger |
H226, H302, H305, H314, H318, H331, H332, H400, H410, H411 | |
P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P260, P261, P264, P271, P273, P280, P301+310, P301+330+331, P303+361+353, P304+312, P304+340, P305+351+338, P310, P311, P312, P321, P331, P363, P370+378 | |
Flash point | 57 °C (135 °F; 330 K) |
250 °C (482 °F; 523 K) | |
Related compounds | |
Related compounds |
Naphthalene; Tetralin |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Isomers
Decahydronaphthalene occurs in cis and trans forms. The trans form is energetically more stable because of fewer steric interactions. cis-Decalin is a chiral molecule without a chiral center; it has a two-fold rotational symmetry axis, but no reflective symmetry. However, the chirality is canceled through a chair-flipping process that turns the molecule into its mirror image.
1: trans (left) and cis (right) isomers - 2:
ball-and-stick model of cis-decalin - 3:
trans-decalin - 4:
cis-decalin ring-flip 5: Half a decalin molecule: cyclohexane in chair conformation. Axial positions are shown in red, while those in equatorial positions are in blue. 6: Androstanediol, a biomolecule with three trans fused six membered rings (and an also trans fused five membered one)
trans-Decalin
The only possible way to join the two six-membered rings in the trans position means the second ring needs to start from two equatorial bonds (blue) of the first ring. A six-membered ring does not offer sufficient space to start out on an axial position (upwards), and reach the axial position of the neighboring carbon atom, which then will be on the downwards side of the molecule (see the model of cyclohexane in figure 5). The structure is conformationally frozen, rather than having the ability to undergo the chair flip as in the cis isomer. In biology this fixation is widely used in the steroid skeleton to construct molecules (such as figure 6) that play a key role in the signalling between distantly separated cells.
Reactions
Oxygenation of decalin give the tertiary hydroperoxide, which rearranges to cyclodecenone, a precursor to sebacic acid.[8]
See also
References
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