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benzoxazole
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Benzoxazole is an aromatic organic compound with a molecular formula C7H5NO, a benzene-fused oxazole ring structure, and an odor similar to pyridine. Although benzoxazole itself is of little practical value, many derivatives of benzoxazoles are commercially important.
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It sits within the topics Aromatic bases, Benzoxazoles and Chembox image size set.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H5NO
- Molecular weight
- 119.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,3-benzoxazole
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)N=CO2
- InChIKey
- BCMCBBGGLRIHSE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.6
- Polar surface area
- 26 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 119.037
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- chemical formula
- C₇H₅NO
- Commons category
- Benzoxazole
- found in taxon
- Camellia sinensis
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C2C(=C1)N=CO2
- melting point
- 30.0
- boiling point
- 182.5
- topic's main category
- Category:Benzoxazoles
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Occurrence and applications
- See also
- References
Benzoxazole is an aromatic organic compound with a molecular formula C7H5NO, a benzene-fused oxazole ring structure, and an odor similar to pyridine. Although benzoxazole itself is of little practical value, many derivatives of benzoxazoles are commercially important.
Being a heterocyclic compound, benzoxazole finds use in research as a starting material for the synthesis of larger, usually bioactive structures. Its aromaticity makes it relatively stable, although as a heterocycle, it has reactive sites which allow for functionalization.
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