Carbon Dioxide → Phenylacetic Acid

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Reaction Steps

In accordance with the process of Example 1, 12.7 g of p-chlorotoluene were contacted and reacted with 5.4 g of sodium dispersed in 50 ml of cyclohexane at 20° C to 30° C and then the reaction mixture was heated to 80° C for 5 hours to rearrange the product. The reaction mixture was cooled to 20° C to 23° C and was gradually poured onto 10 g of solid carbon dioxide with stirring to effect the carbonylation reaction. After the reaction with carbon dioxide, the post-treatment procedure was conducted in accordance with the process of Example 1 to whereby 12.8 g of phenylacetic acid (yield 94.1%) were obtained.

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