Hydrochloric Acid → 1-Chlorooctane

HRID 964402Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 964402 reaction equation
[ClH:1].[CH2:2](O)[CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9]>N1C=CC=CC=1>[CH2:2]([Cl:1])[CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH2:7][CH2:8][CH3:9]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 9571-Octanol

Product 1

HCID 81421-Chlorooctane

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 1049PyridineCatalyst

Procedure

In JP 74/034 646, for example, n-octyl alcohol is reacted with HCl gas at 130° C., with pyridine as a catalyst, to form n-octyl chloride. The product is distilled off at reduced pressure. The yield here is only 93.6%, based on the alcohol used.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6187fbbbe03c42e3ba6dfae30c72cd14
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1998_06
Patent number
US05767330

Reaction notes

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