Toluene → 1-(4-Methylphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

HRID 1428425Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1](Cl)(=[O:4])[CH:2]=[CH2:3].[Cl-].[Al+3].[Cl-].[Cl-].[C:10]1([CH3:16])[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=1>>[CH3:16][C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([C:1](=[O:4])[CH:2]=[CH2:3])=[CH:12][CH:11]=1

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 1140Toluene

HCID 13140Acryloyl chloride

HCID 6451240Aluminum(III) Chloride

Product 1

HCID 125248141-(4-Methylphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one

Procedure

Toluene (0.3 mL), acryloyl chloride (0.23 g), and aluminium chloride (0.33 g) were treated in the same manner as described in Example 1 to obtain the title compound (90 mg).

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-eb27b7fd1b8247eebaf5fed9f250dc24
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2015_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08937091B2

Reaction notes

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