Hydrochloric Acid → Chloromethyl octyl ether
Reaction equation
[CH2:1]([OH:9])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH3:8].Cl.[Cl:11][CH:12](OC(Cl)Cl)Cl>ClC(Cl)CCl>[Cl:11][CH2:12][O:9][CH2:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH3:8]Participants
5
Reactant 3
Product 1
Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1
Procedure
33 g (1.1 mole) of (CH2O)n were stirred in 100 ml 1,1,2-trichloroethane with 130 g (1.0 mole) 1-octanol at 0°-5° C. HCl gas was passed for one hour. The product was analysed by MS-GC, as described in example 7 and was found to contain 2.3% bis-chloromethylether.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-bec2ad8e078b4048b3c6602f220c775a
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1986_02
- Patent number
- US04568700
Reaction notes
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