Benzoic Acid → Methyl Benzoate

HRID 2255358Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2255358 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:9])(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:10]([O-])(=O)CC(CC([O-])=O)(C([O-])=O)O>>[C:1]([O:9][CH3:10])(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 243Benzoic AcidHCID 31348Citrate

Product 1

HCID 7150Methyl Benzoate

Procedure

A 0.5 mM solution of benzoic acid containing 0.2 mM chloromethane and buffered at pH 4.0 with 20 mM citrate buffer was incubated with 0.035 g of fungal mycelium (Phellinus ribis NCWRF. FPRL 42 or CBS 175.29) for a period of 15 hours at a temperature of 25° C. Methyl benzoate was formed at a rate of 77 nanomoles/g fungal mycelium/hour.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3f26a5da44b64331948dc4e122148806
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_08
Patent number
US05240836

Reaction notes

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