Hydrochloric Acid → 3,5,6-Trichloropicolinic acid

HRID 918455Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 918455 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:3]([C:12]([OH:14])=[O:13])=[N:4][C:5]([Cl:11])=[C:6]([Cl:10])[C:7]=1NN.[OH-].[Na+].Cl[O-].[Na+].Cl>O>[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:3]([C:12]([OH:14])=[O:13])=[N:4][C:5]([Cl:11])=[C:6]([Cl:10])[CH:7]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 4

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 14798Sodium HydroxideHCID 13834393,5,6-Trichloro-4-hydrazinylpyridine-2-carboxylic acidHCID 23665760Sodium Hypochlorite2×

Product 1

HCID 9195933,5,6-Trichloropicolinic acidYield 110.4%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

A mixture was prepared by admixing 3 grams (0.01 mole) of 3,5,6-trichloro-4-hydrazinopicolinic acid with 15 milliliters of 20 percent sodium hydroxide and 20 milliliters of water. To this mixture at 30°C was added 25 milliliters (0.018 mole) of a 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite solution. Immediate gas evolution was noted which ceased after about 3 minutes. Five minutes after the addition of the sodium hypochlorite solution, the reaction mixture was acidified to a pH of about 2 with concentrated hydrochloric acid. The mixture was extracted with methylene chloride. The methylene chloride was removed from the extract by evaporation leaving 2.5 grams of the crude 3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid which was purified by sublimation at 130°C and 1 millimeter of mercury. There was thus obtained 2.0 grams of the purified product (88 percent of theoretical) which melted at 147°-151°C.

Workup

  1. customA mixture was prepared
  2. extractionThe mixture was extracted with methylene chloride
  3. customThe methylene chloride was removed from the
  4. extractionextract by evaporation

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0012be00a0ff43969f18a68cb173498a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_07
Patent number
US03971799

Reaction notes

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