96985-15-8

Basic information

• Product Name: Benzenemethanol, 4-chloro-, sulfite (2:1)
• CAS NO: 96985-15-8
• Molecular Formula: C14H12Cl2O3S
• Molecular Weight: 331.219
• Mol File: 96985-15-8.mol
• Article Data: 4

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: Benzenemethanol, 4-chloro-, sulfite (2:1)(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: Benzenemethanol, 4-chloro-, sulfite (2:1)(96985-15-8)
• EPA Substance Registry System: Benzenemethanol, 4-chloro-, sulfite (2:1)(96985-15-8)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 96985-15-8(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 873-76-7 para-Chlorobenzyl alcohol 

Downstream Products

• 56428-00-3 bis(4-chlorobenzyl) ether 
• 19048-85-2 (4'-chlorobenzyl) 4-chlorobenzoate 
• 104-88-1 4-chlorobenzaldehyde 
• 873-76-7 para-Chlorobenzyl alcohol 

Relevant articles and documents

Sulfite formation versus chlorination of benzyl alcohols with thionyl chloride

Recently, we have reported the photolytic decay of a library of para-substituted dibenzylic sulfites in a Srinivasan-Griffin-Rayonet photochemical reactor. In an attempt to synthesize the complete library for that study we discovered that bis(p-methoxybenzyl) sulfite and bis(p-phenoxybenzyl) sulfite could not be formed and only their corresponding benzyl chlorides were synthesized. Thus, sulfite formation versus chlorination of a range of para-substituted benzyl alcohols with thionyl chloride was investigated. Sulfite formation was observed to be parabolically related to Swain and Lupton's Field ?-values while chloride formation was found to be linearly related to Swain and Lupton's Field ?-values.

A mild method for conversion of alcohols to dialkyl sulfites by use of Na2SO3/SOCl2

Alcohols are easily converted to their corresponding dialkyl sulfite under mild reaction conditions using Na2SO3/SOCl2 in moderate to good isolated yields.