Phthalic anhydride (English spelling)

Japanese: 無水フタル酸 - むすいふたるさん(英語表記)phthalic anhydride
Phthalic anhydride (English spelling)

It is an acid anhydride and has a structure in which one molecule of water has been removed from the two carboxyl groups of phthalic acid.

It is obtained by heating and dehydrating phthalic acid, but industrially it is produced by oxidizing naphthalene or o -xylene in the gas phase using vanadium pentoxide as a catalyst. It is a colorless needle-like crystal that is sublimable. It is slightly soluble in water and gradually hydrolyzes to phthalic acid. It is also slightly soluble in ether. It is used in the manufacture of phthalic acid esters such as dioctyl phthalate, a plasticizer for plastics, as well as in the synthesis of alkyd resins, dyes such as phenolphthalein, fluorescein, and eosin, and medicines.

[Mr. Hirota November 18, 2016]

[References] | Acid anhydrides | Phthalic acid [Supplementary information] | Phthalic anhydride (Data note)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

酸無水物の一つで、フタル酸の二つのカルボキシ基(カルボキシル基)から1分子の水がとれた構造をもつ。

 フタル酸を加熱して脱水すると得られるが、工業的には五酸化バナジウムを触媒としてナフタレンまたはo(オルト)-キシレンを気相で酸化して製造する。無色の針状結晶で昇華性がある。水にはわずかに溶け、徐々に加水分解されてフタル酸になる。エーテルにもわずかに溶ける。プラスチックの可塑剤であるフタル酸ジオクチルなどのフタル酸エステルの製造や、アルキド樹脂、フェノールフタレイン、フルオレセイン、エオシンなどの染料、医薬の合成原料として用いられる。

[廣田 穰 2016年11月18日]

[参照項目] | 酸無水物 | フタル酸[補完資料] | 無水フタル酸(データノート)

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