chucknorris
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Toluene > benzyl chloride
I found one method which uses toluene and hypochlorite, but I found no user references whatsoever.
Should the chlorination of toluene with HCl work as with benzyl alcohol? Toluene is otc, but benzyl alcohol is very difficult to obtain.
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Mercedesbenzene
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Chlorination of toluene uses Cl2, not HCl, with a black light it proceeds quite rapidly.
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Inny_G
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Mervedesbenzene i think your method would make chloro-toluenes rather than benzyl chloride.
Chucknorris, i cant really say anything specific about this because i'm just on my phone atm but it is possible to make phenol from toluene and there
are detailed syntheses on youtube
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mercedesbenzene is right the substitution is mostly on the substituent it self, producing benzyl chloride. Here is a couple of synthesis ways http://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/benzylchlori...
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Inny_G
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Ergh my bad. I was thinking of chlorobenzene rather than benzyl chloride
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Benzyl Alcohol
Benzyl Alcohol on eBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Benzyl-Alcohol-99-5-Pure-8-oz-Solven...
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Benzyl alcohol http://lemelange.com/benzyl-alcohol.aspx
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