Thionyl Chloride → 2-(Chloromethyl)-6-methylnaphthalene

HRID 1288569Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1288569 reaction equation
[CH3:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]2[C:9](=[CH:10][CH:11]=1)[CH:8]=[C:7]([CH2:12]O)[CH:6]=[CH:5]2.S(Cl)([Cl:16])=O>C1C=CC=CC=1>[Cl:16][CH2:12][C:7]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][C:4]2[C:9](=[CH:10][CH:11]=[C:2]([CH3:1])[CH:3]=2)[CH:8]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 24386Thionyl ChlorideHCID 30150422-Naphthalenemethanol, 6-methyl-

Product 1

HCID 133015572-(Chloromethyl)-6-methylnaphthalene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 241BenzeneSolvent

Procedure

20.3 g. of 6-methyl-2-naphthalenemethanol is dissolved in 100 ml. of dry benzene and to this solution is added 30 ml. of thionyl chloride. The solution is stirred for about one hour and concentrated to yield 2-chloromethyl 6-methylnaphthalene.

Workup

  1. concentrationconcentrated

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-be97f8851ab442e2a31052c5e03f4ac4
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_10
Patent number
US03988457

Reaction notes

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