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HRID 2260448Generated: October 31, 2026

Toluene → 2-Methylbenzophenone

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTolueneHCID 1140—
ReactantBenzoyl chlorideHCID 7412—
Product2-MethylbenzophenoneHCID 67230—

Reaction Steps

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.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05476970
Source datasetuspto-grants-1995_12
ORD IDord-3cf740c7ecf44ba0ae6afc9b75f3574a
Source noteuspto-grants-1995_12