Chlorine → N-chloropelargonamide
Reaction equation
[Cl:1]Cl.[C:3]([NH2:13])(=[O:12])[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH3:11]>O>[Cl:1][NH:13][C:3](=[O:12])[CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9][CH2:10][CH3:11]Participants
4
Reactant 2
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Conditions
- Temperature
- 20 °C
Procedure
Gaseous chlorine is introduced at a speed of 95 g/h into a suspension of 194 g of 98.15% pure pelargonamide (1.21 mol) in 1400 ml of water. The introduction of chlorine is discontinued after 60 min and the suspension is still left under stirring for 20-30 min at 20° C. The solid is filtered off, is washed with water until all HCl has disappeared (300 cc. of water) and the chlorinated derivative is dried. 226 g of N-chloropelargonamide (yield 97.4%) having an active chlorine titer of 17.6% (theory 18.5%) are thus obtained.