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HRID 865494Generated: October 26, 2026

Thionyl Chloride → 3-Chloro-2,4,5-trifluorobenzoyl chloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
Reactant2,4,5-Trifluorobenzoic acidHCID 521170—
ReactantPotassium FluorideHCID 522689—
Reactant3-Chloro-2,4,5-trifluorobenzoic AcidHCID 2734269—
Reactant3,5-Dichloro-2,4-difluorobenzoyl fluorideHCID 5463764—
Reactant2,3,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzoyl chlorideHCID 5463797—
Reactant5-Chloro-2,3,4-trifluorobenzoyl fluorideHCID 13565015—
SolventSulfolaneHCID 31347—
Product3-Chloro-2,4,5-trifluorobenzoyl chlorideHCID 2782245—

Reaction Steps

The benzoyl halides (1) used as starting materials for this synthetic route are prepared as follows: 3,5-dichloro-2,4-difluorobenzoyl fluoride (boiling point 97°/20 mbar; nD20 =1.5148) and 5-chloro-2,3,4-trifluorobenzoyl fluoride (boiling point (68°-70°/20 mbar; nD20 =1.4764) are obtained together by heating tetrachlorobenzoyl chloride with potassium fluoride in sulpholane at elevated temperatures: ##STR18## The chlorination of 2,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid in chlorosulphonic acid leads to 3-chloro-2,4,5-trifluorobenzoic acid which is reacted as the crude product with thionyl chloride to give 3-chloro-2,4,5-trifluorobenzoyl chloride (boiling point 94°/18 mbar; nD20 =1.5164): ##STR19##

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05565614
Source datasetuspto-grants-1996_10
ORD IDord-511951e1ac0142619fad8c15c3c8adff
Source noteuspto-grants-1996_10