CYCLOOCTANONE

Chemical properties

colorless to white crystalline low melting solid

The Uses of CYCLOOCTANONE

Cyclooctanone is a aliphatic cycle that exhibited inhibitory activity towards aldosterone synthase, a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases related to abnormally high aldosterone level.

The Uses of CYCLOOCTANONE

Cyclooctanone is a aliphatic cycle that exhibited inhibitory activity towards aldosterone synthase, a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases related to abnormally high aldosterone level. It is also used in the synthesis of 14-membered lactones.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 92, p. 5276, 1970 DOI: 10.1021/ja00720a078
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 49, p. 3912, 1984 DOI: 10.1021/jo00195a007
Tetrahedron Letters, 36, p. 2921, 1995 DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)00467-Q

Purification Methods

Purify the ketone by sublimation after drying with Linde type 13X molecular sieves. The semicarbazone has m 168-169o (from dioxane) [Kohler et al. J Am Chem Soc 61 1060 1939]. The oxime has m 36-37o after subliming at high vacuum or distillation and has b 128-129o /14mm. The iso-oxime has m 72-73o [Ruzicka et al. Helv Chim Acta 32 548 1949]. [Beilstein 7 III 77, 7 IV 49.]