Chlorocyclohexane → Tricyclohexylbenzene

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

First, 6.83 g of aluminum chloride was added to 20.0 g of benzene, and agitated while cooling at 3° C. Then, 40.4 g of cyclohexyl chloride was slowly dropped thereinto. After the completion of the dropping, the mixture was agitated at room temperature for five hours and poured into ice water. The organic phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the obtained, organic phase was subjected to vacuum distillation at 40° C. Further, vacuum distillation was performed at 170° C., and the product was cooled to room temperature. Thereafter, 50 ml of acetone was placed thereinto, and recrystallization was carried out. The resultant crystal was collected by filtration. Thus, 14 g of tricyclohexylbenzene was obtained.

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