2-Phenylbutyryl chloride

Chemical Properties

Clear pale yellow to yellow liquid

Uses

α-Ethyl-benzeneacetyl Chloride is used in the synthesis of mild and neutral system for selective reduction of organic functional groups. Also used in the preparation of phenothiazine derivatives for the reversible inhibition of human butyrylcholinesterase.

Uses

(R)-(-)-2-phenylbutyryl chloride may be employed as chiral reagent for the determination of dopamine and dopamine-derived salsolinol and norsalsolinol in human brain by GC-MS method. Chiral (S)-(+)-2-phenylbutyryl chloride may be used as derivatization reagent for the hydroxyl groups during the GC-MS assay for the enantiomers of 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,3-pentanediol and their corresponding hydroxyacids in biological fluids.

General Description

The kinetic resolution of racemic 2-phenylbutyryl chloride by sterically hindered chiral secondary alcohols has been evaluated. 2-Phenylbutyryl chloride reacts with 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride catalyzed by PdBr(Ph)(PPh₃)₂ to yield 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-2-buten-1-one.