Benzoyl chloride → Benzophenone

HRID 488178Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 488178 reaction equation
[C:1](Cl)(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1>[Fe](Cl)(Cl)Cl.C1C=CC=CC=1>[C:1]([C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1)(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 7412Benzoyl chloride

Product 1

HCID 3102Benzophenone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 24380Iron chloride (FeCl3)CatalystHCID 241BenzeneSolvent

Procedure

In the presence of catalytic amounts of anhydrous iron (III) chloride, and under the appropriate conditions of temperature and pressure, benzoyl chloride and benzene react to form benzophenone.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0474cab731e94ad099486dfc0b403412
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_03
Patent number
US05298664

Reaction notes

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