Benzoyl chloride → Benzophenone

HRID 581654Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 581654 reaction equation
[C:1](Cl)(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1>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

3

Reactant 1

HCID 7412Benzoyl chloride

Product 1

HCID 3102BenzophenoneYield 137.2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 241BenzeneSolvent

Procedure

10 mL of benzene was treated with benzoyl chloride (2.5 g, 20 mmol) in the presence of dry polystyrene polysulfonic acid catalyst (200 mg). The mixture was heated under reflux to obtain benzophenone (2.5 g, 68% yield). Similar reaction has been found effective for nitration, alkylation, halogenation and related electrophilic reactions.

Workup

  1. temperatureThe mixture was heated
  2. temperatureunder reflux

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a0c97138df774a72813548f0bdfdfd91
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_07
Patent number
US05922635

Reaction notes

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