conducter - 14-5-2007 at 05:23
i have propionic acid, and want to get propionyl chloride (aka Propionic Acid Chloride)
can this be done fairly easily?
Sauron - 14-5-2007 at 06:03
This topic has been done to death!
UTFSE !!
Search, besides under propionyl chloride, for
Acetyl chloride
benzoyl chloride
cyanuric chloride
TCT
CC
phthaloyl chloride
oxalyl chloride
And here is one that is a waste of time
thionyl chloride
(simply because its bp is too close to the product's and as it is used in excess it is hard to seperate out.)
evil_lurker - 14-5-2007 at 10:46
You'd do better just to use bromine and a few grams of red P as a catalyst... use an efficiant condensor and keep it shielded from light and you
should be OK.
Sauron - 14-5-2007 at 19:59
He's trying to make priopionyl CHLORIDE
Not alpha-bromoprioionic acid. The conditions you describe are for HVZ alpha-bromination.
evil_lurker - 15-5-2007 at 07:33
Well I kinda figured he might be after that for a certain reaction.
Sauron - 15-5-2007 at 08:33
You're a mind reader now?
I was trying to answer his questions as stated rather than making any assumptions about why he wants propionyl chloride or what he plans to make with
it.
That puts us all on a slippery slope, doesn't it?