CHLORINATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WITH METAL CHLORIDES
CHLORINATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS WITH METAL CHLORIDES
复制标题
DOI:
10.1021/ja01650a069
复制
发表时间:
1954-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
BRACE, NO
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
KOVACIC, P;BRACE, NO
A study has been made of the reaction of anhydrous ferric chloride with simple aromatic compounds. With chloroben-zene, the products were dichlorobenzene (p/o= 88/11), hydrogen chloride and ferrous chloride. The order of reactivity of aromatic compounds, orientation, and solvent and catalytic effects are consistent with a polar mechanism, at leastin the rate-determining step. Low meta substitution is explained by the weak" activity” of ferric chloride, while the high para-ortho ratio, in comparison with the usual method of chlorination, can be rationalized on a steric basis. Certain other metal halides, eg, antimony pentachloride, also function as halogenating agents for aromatic compounds. The halogenating ability of a metal halide is interpreted as a combination of its Friedel-Crafts catalytic activity and its oxidation-reduction potential. Examples are given of aromatic compounds which react with ferric chloride to produce self-coupling, rearrangement or tars.