Thionyl Chloride → Methyl (2-chloromethyl-5-methylphenoxy)acetate
Reaction equation
O[CH2:2][C:3]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]([CH3:15])=[CH:11][C:4]=1[O:5][CH2:6][C:7]([O:9][CH3:10])=[O:8].S(Cl)([Cl:18])=O>N1C=CC=CC=1.C(Cl)Cl>[Cl:18][CH2:2][C:3]1[CH:14]=[CH:13][C:12]([CH3:15])=[CH:11][C:4]=1[O:5][CH2:6][C:7]([O:9][CH3:10])=[O:8]Participants
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Procedure
By the method of Example 1, Step H, 9.21 g (0.044 mole) of methyl (2-hydroxymethyl-5-methylphenoxy)acetate was reacted with 7.40 g (0.062 mole) of thionyl chloride and 5 drops of pyridine in 50 mL of methylene chloride, yielding 5.57 g of methyl (2-chloromethyl-5-methylphenoxy)acetate as an orange liquid.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-a1614c20187b4aceb657ac92b16dcd0d
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1998_08
- Patent number
- US05798316
Reaction notes
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