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HRID 1029059Generated: October 30, 2026

Benzenepropanoic acid → Benzenepropanoyl chloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantBenzenepropanoic acidHCID 107—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
SolventDichloromethaneHCID 6344—
ProductBenzenepropanoyl chlorideHCID 64801—

Reaction Steps

Thionyl chloride (21.8 mL, 300 mmol) was added to a solution of 3-phenylpropionic acid (15 g, 99.9 mol) in DCM (40 mL) and was stirred overnight. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo to yield intermediate (7a), which was used in the next step without further purification.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08735625B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2014_05
ORD IDord-330d91cd2fbb417aa728b6421d94e6d3
Source noteuspto-grants-2014_05