Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction

Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky Reaction

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The classical method to convert carboxylic acids into α-haloacyl halides using phosphorus(III) halide is known as the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction.

  • General References

  • Hell, C. Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1881, 14, 891.
  • Volhard, J. Liebig’s Ann. Chem. 1887, 242, 141.
  • Zelinsky, N. Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1887, 20, 2026.

 

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  • Hell-Volhard-Zelinski Reaction (organic-chemistry.org)

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