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HRID 1701815Generated: November 2, 2026

Water → Anthraquinone

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantWaterHCID 962—
Reactant2-Benzoylbenzoic AcidHCID 6813—
SolventSulfuric AcidHCID 1118—
ProductAnthraquinoneHCID 678091.3%

Reaction Steps

5 g of the purified benzoyl benzoic acid were heated at 100° C. for 2 hours in 50 g of fuming sulfuric acid (20% SO3). The mixture was run on 350 cm3 of water and ice and the precipitate obtained was filtered, washed and dried. 4.2 g of anthraquinone were obtained.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04379092
Source datasetuspto-grants-1983_04
ORD IDord-c226927d3e214891972d6fe2d4e0aae2
Source noteuspto-grants-1983_04