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| Preferred IUPAC name Methylidenecyclohexane | |
| Other names Methylenecyclohexane | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.013.412 | 
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| Properties | |
| C7H12 | |
| Molar mass | 96.170 g/mol | 
| Boiling point | 102 to 103 °C (216 to 217 °F; 375 to 376 K) | 
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Methylenecyclohexane (IUPAC name: methylidenecyclohexane) is an organic compound with the molecular formula C7H12.
It can be produced by a Wittig reaction or a reaction with a Tebbe's reagent from cyclohexanone. [1] [2] [3] It can also be synthesized as a side product of the dehydration of 2-methylcyclohexanol into 1-methylcyclohexene.
Methylenecyclohexane is an unsaturated hydrocarbon, containing a cyclohexane ring with a methylene (methylidine) group attached.
I this way, cyclohexanone is transformed into methylenecyclohexene and benzaldehyde into stryene.
Now, when cyclohexanone is added to the solution in which the [Tebbe] reagent has been generated, reaction occurs to produce methylenecyclohexane and triphenylphosphine oxide