Toluene → 2-Methylbenzophenone

HRID 2260448Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1](Cl)(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:10]1([CH3:16])[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=1>>[CH3:16][C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][C:11]=1[C:1]([C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)=[O:8]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 1140Toluene

HCID 7412Benzoyl chloride

Product 1

HCID 672302-Methylbenzophenone

Procedure

Methylbenzophenone was prepared from mixtures of toluene and benzoyl chloride using essentially the method described in Example 1, with the following modifications in the distillation scheme.

Workup

distillationdescribed in Example 1, with the following modifications in the distillation scheme

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-3cf740c7ecf44ba0ae6afc9b75f3574a
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1995_12
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05476970

Reaction notes

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