Methanol → Methyl Benzoate

HRID 224949

Reaction equation

HRID 224949 reaction equation
C(C#N)(=O)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:11](Cl)(=[O:18])C1C=CC=CC=1.S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH3:25][OH:26]>>[C:25]([O:18][CH3:11])(=[O:26])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 4

HCID 887MethanolHCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 7412Benzoyl chlorideHCID 11953Phenylglyoxylonitrile

Product 1

HCID 7150Methyl Benzoate

Procedure

For example, when pure benzoyl cyanide (i.e., containing essentially no halide ion or halide ion source, such as benzoyl chloride) is reacted with concentrated sulfuric acid and then esterified by further reaction with methanol, the cyano group is cleaved and methyl benzoate is formed as follows: ##STR2##

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3210b225ed214befa775d9f51e527f56
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1980_11
Patent number
US04234739

Linked notes

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