Oxalyl chloride → Bis(3-isobutylphenyl)chloromethane

HRID 249144Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 249144 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:5]1[CH:6]=[C:7]([CH:11]([C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[C:15]([CH2:19][CH:20]([CH3:22])[CH3:21])[CH:14]=2)O)[CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=1)[CH:2]([CH3:4])[CH3:3].C(Cl)(=O)C([Cl:26])=O>ClCCl>[CH2:1]([C:5]1[CH:6]=[C:7]([CH:11]([C:13]2[CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=[C:15]([CH2:19][CH:20]([CH3:22])[CH3:21])[CH:14]=2)[Cl:26])[CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=1)[CH:2]([CH3:4])[CH3:3]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 65578Oxalyl chlorideHCID 19024807Bis(3-isobutylphenyl)methanol

Product 1

HCID 19024840Bis(3-isobutylphenyl)chloromethane

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 6344DichloromethaneSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
25 °C

Procedure

A mixture of bis(3-isobutylphenyl)methanol (2.87 g) and oxalyl chloride (1 ml) in dichloromethane (10 ml) was stirred at 25° C. for 2 hours. After evaporation of the solvent, the oily residue was distilled to give bis(3-isobutylphenyl)chloromethane (2.45 g) as pale yellow oil.

Workup

  1. customAfter evaporation of the solvent
  2. distillationthe oily residue was distilled

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0042c04ec38442f19ca8bf2ed8f8c9f5
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_05
Patent number
US05212320

Reaction notes

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