g3ovn
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Benzene from benzyl alcohol
There is a way to make benzene from benzyl alcohol?
Edit: also, anyone knows if this could work?
Benzene from toluene:
C6H5-CH3 + KMnO4 -> C6H5-CO2H
C6H5-CO2H + heat -> C6H6 + CO2
[Edited on 5-1-2011 by g3ovn]
[Edited on 5-1-2011 by g3ovn]
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peppovsky
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It's kind of funny, but let's give it a try:
benzyl alcohol ==> benzoic acid via jone's oxidation
benzoic acid ==> benzene via heating its copper salt in quinoline or just heating its silver salt (Hunsdiecker reaction).
Should be a paper about that somewhere on this site.
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Far easier to start from benzoic acid or sodium benzoate
Both are readily available and can be converted in to benzene quite easily.
The are recipes on this site!
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http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=325
That topic has all the info you need.
Closed.
One shouldn't accept or resort to the mutilation of science to appease the mentally impaired.
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