2,4-Dichlorotoluene → 2,4-Dichlorobenzyl chloride

HRID 1614694Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1614694 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([Cl:8])[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH3:9].[Cl:10]Cl>N(C(C)(C)C#N)=NC(C)(C)C#N.C(#N)C>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[C:6]([Cl:8])[CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[CH2:9][Cl:10]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 72542,4-DichlorotolueneHCID 24526Chlorine

Product 1

HCID 72122,4-Dichlorobenzyl chloride

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 6547AzobisisobutyronitrileCatalystHCID 6342AcetonitrileSolvent

Procedure

1 Mol of 2,4-dichloro-methylbenzene and 322 g of acetonitrile are heated to reflux. 0.8 g of azobisisobutyronitrile is added and this addition is repeated every half hour. Chlorine gas is simultaneously introduced in a slight excess. 0.75 Mol of product is obtained after 2 hours.

Workup

  1. additionthis addition

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a6a48178ea2b4f8aad6711db93179c9e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_03
Patent number
US05198549

Reaction notes

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