Acetic Acid → Benzyl acetate

HRID 615460Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 615460 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:4])(=[O:3])[CH3:2].[C:5]1([CH3:11])[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1>[Pd]>[C:1]([O:4][CH2:11][C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1)(=[O:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 176Acetic AcidHCID 1140Toluene

Product 1

HCID 8785Benzyl acetate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 23938PalladiumCatalyst2×

Procedure

Using a catalyst consisting of 0.6% Pd, 0.5% Au and 1.0% Bi, without added promoter, under the following reaction conditions: 150° C.; 1100 psig air pressure, reaction time: 3 hours and 1:1 molar ratio of acetic acid to toluene, 1016 grams of benzyl acetate per gram Pd are obtained.

Workup

  1. additionwithout added promoter
  2. customunder the following reaction conditions
  3. custom150° C.
  4. custom1100 psig air pressure, reaction time

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-81ea9afdc3d04bf98b90480bb9758e09
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1985_02
Patent number
US04499298

Reaction notes

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