2,3-Dimethylbenzoic acid → 2,3-Dimethylbenzoyl chloride

HRID 1939196Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:10]([CH3:11])=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4](O)=[O:5].S(Cl)([Cl:14])=O>>[CH3:1][C:2]1[C:10]([CH3:11])=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][C:3]=1[C:4]([Cl:14])=[O:5]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 117822,3-Dimethylbenzoic acid

HCID 24386Thionyl Chloride

Product 1

HCID 28008992,3-Dimethylbenzoyl chloride

Procedure

As described for Reference Example 26, 3.0 g of 2,3-dimethylbenzoic acid is reacted with 40 ml of thionyl chloride to give 3.2 g of the product as a colorless oil.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-e8ba6c99b3e747ac995532e0af658b71
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1997_12
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05696112

Reaction notes

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