Question

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

Answer 1

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 with${\mathrm{Cl}}_2$.