I need your advice, I am planning to synthesis some derivative of the Nicotinic acid, Ferulic Acid and Caffeic acid, so how can I synthesise acid chlorides for this compounds like nicotinoyl chloride....?
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First, to save your time and effort you can purchase the acid chloride which is available in sigma. (nicotinic acid chloride). But if you are planning to save money and prepare the acid chloride your self there are several methods previously reported. I have tried the first pathway myself and it was successful.
it is necessary to use fume hood because of the liberated gases (SO2, HCl)
IF you are planning to react these acid chlorides with a strong nucleophile or amine you can try the preparation or the ester which react smoothly and slowly
yes of course I am using fume hood and I tried before with Thionyl chloride /THF but was not good, Thionyl Chloride/ DMF which i was not satisfied of the result because after re-crystallization it didn't give me good FTIR spectra.