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HRID 488179Generated: October 25, 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 numberUS05298664
Source datasetuspto-grants-1994_03
ORD IDord-3b2ba64d9ab54e08b33de6509e8af149
Source noteuspto-grants-1994_03