pHarmacist
(Hive Bee) 12-22-02 05:34 No 391612 |
Synthesis of Iodobenzene/Chlorobenzene in one pot | Bookmark | ||||||
A mixture of 22.8 g of benzene (0.3 moles), 27.5 g of iodine monochloride (0.169 moles), and 2.0 g of tungstated zirconia calcined at 800 DEG C. for 3 hours was stirred for 20 minutes at 20 DEG C. A copious quantity of HCl off-gassed from the reaction mixture. A GC of the reaction mixture indicated 41% conversion of benzene to a 1.3:1 mixture of chlorobenzene and iodobenzene. Patent US6225514 "Turn on, Tune in and Drop Out" |
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Rhodium (Chief Bee) 12-22-02 05:44 No 391615 |
And your point is? | Bookmark | ||||||
So by using a very expensive reagent and a specialized, hard to prepare catalyst, you can get a 41% yield of a mixture of relatively cheap, commercial products while releasing large amounts of corrosive gasses? I'm sorry, but I don't think I have seen such a useless synthesis in a long time... |
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pHarmacist (Hive Bee) 12-22-02 05:49 No 391619 |
hehe | Bookmark | ||||||
Don't be sorry. I found it interesting that both could be made in one reaction vessel at the same time. Yield sucks, yeah... hehe... But then again, you can just order them :) Hey! Maybe we can use this as a novel HCl(g) generator for chrystallisations LOL! EDIT: Iodobenzene is to prefer in most cases over chlorobenzene. A better way of making it is: Post 380729 (pHarmacist: "Iodobenzene by direct benzene iodination", Novel Discourse) Looking up prices online at various chem suppliers makes me wonder if this realy isn't the most useless/stupid synthesis around.. "Turn on, Tune in and Drop Out" |
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