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Methanol → Methyl Benzoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantMethanolHCID 887—
ReactantSulfuric AcidHCID 1118—
ReactantBenzoyl chlorideHCID 7412—
ReactantPhenylglyoxylonitrileHCID 11953—
ProductMethyl BenzoateHCID 7150—

Reaction Steps

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##

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04234739
Source datasetuspto-grants-1980_11
ORD IDord-3210b225ed214befa775d9f51e527f56
Source noteuspto-grants-1980_11