BENZOYL CHLORIDE

Benzoyl chloride, also known as benzenecarbonyl chloride, is an organochlorine compound with the formula C6H5COCl. It is a colourless, fuming liquid with an irritating odour. It is 
mainly useful for the production of peroxides but is generally useful in other areas such as in the preparation of dyes, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, and resins.

Benzoyl chloride is produced from benzotrichloride using either water or benzoic acid.

As with other acyl chlorides, it can be generated from the parent acid and other chlorinating agents phosphorus pentachloride, thionyl chloride, or oxalyl chloride. It was first 
prepared by treatment of benzaldehyde with chlorine.

An early method for production of benzoyl chloride involved chlorination of benzyl alcohol.

It reacts with water to produce hydrochloric acid and benzoic acid:

C6H5COCl + H2O → C6H5CO2H + HCl
Benzoyl chloride is a typical acyl chloride. It reacts with alcohols to give the corresponding esters. Similarly, it reacts with amines to give the amide.

It undergoes the Friedel-Crafts acylation with aromatic compounds to give the corresponding benzophenones and related derivatives.[6] With carbanions, it serves again as a source 
of "PhCO+".

Benzoyl peroxide, a common reagent in polymer chemistry, is produced industrially by treating benzoyl chloride with hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide:

BENZOYL CHLORIDE
98-88-4
Benzoic acid, chloride
Benzenecarbonyl chloride
Benzoylchloride
benzoylchlorid
alpha-Chlorobenzaldehyde
Benzaldehyde, alpha-chloro-
CCRIS 802
UNII-VTY8706W36
benzoic acid chloride
HSDB 383
EINECS 202-710-8
UN1736
BRN 0471389
Benzaldehyde, .alpha.-chloro-
Benzoyl chloride, 99%, pure
Benzoyl chloride, 98+%, ACS reagent
Benzoyl chloride, ReagentPlus(R), >=99%
benzoyl chlorid
benzoyl choride
bezoyl chloride
benzoic chloride
BzCl
benzoyl chloride-
PhCOCl
Bz-Cl

alpha-Chlorobenzaldehyde
Benzaldehyde, alpha-chloro-
Benzenecarbonyl chloride
Benzoic acid, chloride
Benzoyl chloride
Translated names
bensoüülkloriid (et)
bentsyylikloridi (fi)
benzoil klorid (sl)
benzoil-klorid (hr)
benzoilchloridas (lt)
benzoile cloruro (it)
benzoilhlorīds (lv)
benzoylchlorid (cs)
benzoylchloride (nl)
benzoylklorid (no)
chlorek benzoilu (pl)
chlorek kwasu benzoesowego (pl)
chlorure de benzoyle (fr)
cloreto de benzoílo (pt)
cloruro de benzoílo (es)
cloruro di benzoile (it)
clorură de benzoil (ro)
klorur tal-benżojl (mt)
βενζοϋλοχλωρίδιο (el)
бензоил хлорид (bg)
IUPAC names
Benzoic acid chloride
Benzoyl chloride 
Trade names
BENZOESAEURECHLORID
BENZOLCARBONYLCHLORID
PHENYLCARBONYLCHLORID
Other identifiers
1258517-80-4
Other
CAS number
1640987-68-3
Other
CAS number
607-012-00-0
ALPHA-CHLOROBENZALDEHYDE
BENZALDEHYDE, ALPHA-CHLORO-
BENZENECARBONYL CHLORIDE
BENZOIC ACID CHLORIDE
BENZOYL CHLORIDE
DIBENZOYL CHLORIDE {BENZOYL CHLORIDE}