|  | |  |  | Phthalide Basic information | 
|  |  | Phthalide Chemical Properties | 
 | Melting point | 71-74 °C (lit.) |  | Boiling point | 290 °C (lit.) |  | density | 1.1 |  | refractive index | 1.5360 (estimate) |  | FEMA | 4195 | PHTHALIDE |  | Fp | 152 °C |  | storage temp. | Keep in dark place,Inert atmosphere,Room temperature |  | solubility | Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |  | form | Crystalline Powder |  | color | White to light beige |  | Odor | at 100.00 %. sweet tonka coumarin powdery coconut phenolic lactonic |  | Odor Type | coumarinic |  | Water Solubility | sparingly soluble |  | BRN | 114632 |  | InChIKey | WNZQDUSMALZDQF-UHFFFAOYSA-N |  | LogP | 0.99 |  | CAS DataBase Reference | 87-41-2(CAS DataBase Reference) |  | NIST Chemistry Reference | 1(3H)-Isobenzofuranone(87-41-2) |  | EPA Substance Registry System | Phthalide (87-41-2) | 
|  |  | Phthalide Usage And Synthesis | 
 | Description | White powder; sweet tonka, coumarin, powdery, coconut, phenolic, lactonic aroma. 
   |  | Uses | Phthalide may be used in scaffolds for the design of high potency monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors. |  | Definition | ChEBI: A gamma-lactone that is 1,3-dihydro-2-benzofuran in which the hydrogens at position 1 are replaced by an oxo group. |  | Aroma threshold values | Low strength odor, Tonka type. |  | Taste threshold values | Sweet coumarin, coconut, creamy, anisic, green vegetable, floral taste at 100 ppm in water. |  | Synthesis Reference(s) | Chemistry Letters, 23, p. 1149, 1994 The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 68, p. 9423, 2003 DOI: 10.1021/jo0350763
 Tetrahedron Letters, 7, p. 6097, 1966
 |  | Flammability and Explosibility | Notclassified |  | Pharmacology | Systemic fungicide giving effective preventive
control of the rice blast fungus in rice as foliar spray. |  | Purification Methods | Crystallise phthalide from water (75mL/g) and dry it in air on filter paper. [Beilstein 17/10 V 7.] |  | Toxicity evaluation | Mammalian toxicology. Oral: Acute oral
LD50 for rats and mice >10000 mg/kg. Skin and eye: Acute
percutaneous LD50 for rats and mice >10000 mg/kg. Not
a shaved skin irritant, eye irritant (rabbits). Inhalation
LC50 (4 h) for rats >4.1 mg/L air. NOEL: (2 yr) for rats
2000, mice 100 mg/kg diet. | 
|  |  | Phthalide Preparation Products And Raw materials | 
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