Ethanol → Ethyl 4-benzylbenzoate

HRID 439773Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 439773 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:8]1[CH:16]=[CH:15][C:11]([C:12]([OH:14])=[O:13])=[CH:10][CH:9]=1)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[CH2:22](O)[CH3:23]>>[CH2:1]([C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:11]([C:12]([O:14][CH2:22][CH3:23])=[O:13])=[CH:15][CH:16]=1)[C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 702EthanolHCID 1118Sulfuric AcidHCID 1364294-Benzylbenzoic acid

Product 1

HCID 11345471Ethyl 4-benzylbenzoate

Procedure

By using 4-benzylbenzoic acid (211.58 g), ethanol (1.8 l) and concentrated sulfuric acid (20 ml), there was prepared the title compound (232.55 g).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4795a6c18cab45568aab3dec5ee962ef
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1996_05
Patent number
US05516777

Reaction notes

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