Salicylic Acid → 2-(Dichloromethyl)phenol

HRID 1606782Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1606782 reaction equation
[C:1](O)(=O)[C:2]1[C:3](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)[OH:4].S(Cl)(Cl)=O.[Cl-:15].[Al+3].[Cl-:17].[Cl-]>>[CH:1]([Cl:17])([Cl:15])[C:2]1[C:3](=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)[OH:4]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 338Salicylic AcidHCID 24386Thionyl ChlorideHCID 6451240Aluminum(III) Chloride

Product 1

HCID 180081872-(Dichloromethyl)phenol

Procedure

A mixture of 10 grams of salicylic acid, 7 ml of thionyl chloride and 0.02 grams of aluminum chloride were heated at 40°-45° C. for 1.5 hours. The excess thionyl chloride was removed in vacuum and salicylyl chloride was obtained.

Workup

  1. temperaturewere heated at 40°-45° C. for 1.5 hours
  2. customThe excess thionyl chloride was removed in vacuum

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a460c15847e04d4c8b20d56af5a52bf9
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_04
Patent number
US03953596

Reaction notes

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