Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

Benzene can be used to make benzophenone by Friedel-Crafts reaction with benzoyl chloride.

Note that the catalyst, aluminium chloride or similar, is required in stoichiometric quantities.
  +  
  +  
AlCl3
         
  +  
HCl
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Benzene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Benzoyl chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Aluminium chloride Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Benzophenone     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen chloride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Name Reaction
Substitution: Electrophilic Aromatic

© Mark R. Leach 1999 –

Queries, Suggestions, Bugs, Errors, Typos...

If you have any:

Queries
Comments
Suggestions
Suggestions for links
Bug, typo or grammatical error reports about this page,

please contact Mark R. Leach, the author, using mark@meta-synthesis.com