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HRID 43302Generated: October 26, 2026

Octanoic Acid → Octanoyl chloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantOctanoic AcidHCID 379—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
ProductOctanoyl chlorideHCID 8124—

Reaction Conditions

Temperature40 °C

Reaction Steps

144.2 g of Octanoic Acid is charged at room temperature and heated to 40° C., then 154.64 g of Thionyl Chloride is added over a period of 1 hour and the reaction mixture is heated to reflux at 110° C. for 1½ hour to obtain crude Octanoyl Chloride.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08536355B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2013_09
ORD IDord-a167b60b59f440498a8198b5d77db73e
Source noteuspto-grants-2013_09