Azobisisobutyronitrile → 4-(Chloromethyl)benzophenone

HRID 342790

Reaction equation

HRID 342790 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:5]([C:6]([C:8]2[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=2)=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.N(C(C)(C)C#N)=NC(C)(C)C#N.[Cl:28]Cl>ClC1C=CC=CC=1>[Cl:28][CH2:1][C:2]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:5]([C:6]([C:8]2[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=2)=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 6547AzobisisobutyronitrileHCID 86524-MethylbenzophenoneHCID 24526Chlorine

Product 1

HCID 30163764-(Chloromethyl)benzophenone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 7964ChlorobenzeneSolvent

Procedure

196.2 g of 4-methylbenzophenone are dissolved in chlorobenzene and then gassed at 80° C. in the presence of 1.6 g of AIBN (azodiisobutyronitrile) with a total of 71.0 g of chlorine. The reaction mixture is concentrated and the solid material obtained recrystallized from 1 L of ethanol.

Workup

  1. concentrationThe reaction mixture is concentrated
  2. customthe solid material obtained
  3. customrecrystallized from 1 L of ethanol

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e7340966d1a240309ff577fc36a68f15
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_01
Patent number
US05859084

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