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Benzyl chloride can be prepared from toluene by chlorintion with __________.


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Preparation of Benzyl Chloride:

  • There is no electrophilic core in toluene.
  • Thus, oxidation and the free radical substitution process are triggered by the addition of chlorine.
  • In the presence of light, only chlorine may produce chlorine as a free radical.
  • It resembles a photochemical process exactly.

Chlorination of toluene in the presence of sunshine:

  1. Toluene and chlorine undergo a gas-phase photochemical reaction to produce benzoyl chloride in an industrial setting.
  2. By linking the free chlorine intermediate with a free radical mechanism, this reaction produces a product.
  3. The acid chloride is the byproduct.
  4. No electrophilic center oxidation occurs in toluene by a controlled free radical reaction withCl2.

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