Benzoic Acid → Ethyl benzoate

HRID 1440304Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1440304 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:9])(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH2:15](O)[CH3:16]>>[C:1]([O:9][CH2:15][CH3:16])(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 243Benzoic AcidHCID 702EthanolHCID 1118Sulfuric Acid

Product 1

HCID 7165Ethyl benzoate

Procedure

0.20 mol of benzoic acid was mixed with 260 ml of ethanol, and 30 ml of con. sulfuric acid was added. The reaction mixture was reacted completely and crystallized from ether. Ethyl benzoate was obtained (71.1%).

Workup

  1. customThe reaction mixture was reacted completely
  2. customcrystallized from ether

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-21ee35b360e847e3ab8b9998287c718f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_03
Patent number
US05498720

Reaction notes

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