Participants
| Role | Name | HCID | Charge |
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| Reactant | Benzoyl chloride | HCID 7412 | — |
| Reactant | Dimethyl Carbonate | HCID 12021 | — |
| Catalyst | Lithium Chloride | HCID 433294 | — |
| Solvent | Sulfolane | HCID 31347 | — |
| Product | Methyl Benzoate | HCID 7150 | 70.1% |
Reaction Steps
The following example illustrates the use of alkali halide catalysts. A mixture of benzoyl chloride (7.03 g, 0.05 mole), dimethyl carbonate (4.5 g, 0.05 mole) and lithium chloride (0.106 g, 0.0025 mole) in 25 ml of sulfolane was heated to 150° C. for 22 hours. Distillation of the reaction mixture gave 4.77 g (70 percent yield) methyl benzoate.
Provenance & Evidence
| DOI | 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1 |
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| Patent number | US04612386 |
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| Source dataset | uspto-grants-1986_09 |
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| ORD ID | ord-ee2e26d06a894ead8746b98001a992e8 |
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| Source note | uspto-grants-1986_09 |
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