Some esters based on p-chloromethylbenzoyl chloride

WS Emerson, RA Heimsch

Index: Emerson; Heimsch Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1950 , vol. 72, p. 5152

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Citation Number: 12

Abstract

I1 .__ I ') - CO-C'IT - / CICH? _ i 111 p-Chloromethylbenzoyl chloride reacted with cold aqueous alkali to give 98% of p-chloro- methylbenzoic acid The n-butyl and methyl esters (111) were prepared in Si% and 93% yields, respectively, by using the appropriate alcohol' in place of water. n-Butyl p-chloromethylbenzoate did not esterify readily. With sodium butyrate in the presence of triethylamine only 32yo of p-carbo- butovybenzyl butyrate (IV) was obtained. The adipate was obtained ...