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HRID 1944783Generated: October 31, 2026

Benzenepropanoic acid → Benzenepropanoyl chloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantBenzenepropanoic acidHCID 107—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
SolventDichloromethaneHCID 6344—
ProductBenzenepropanoyl chlorideHCID 64801—

Reaction Steps

Thionyl chloride (21.8 mL, 300 mmol) was added to a solution of 3-phenylpropionic acid (15 g, 99.9 mol) in DCM (40 mL) and was stirred overnight. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo to yield intermediate (7a), which was used in the next step without further purification.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08394846B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2013_03
ORD IDord-192ab20c2342429299e16e7823829985
Source noteuspto-grants-2013_03