The Studies on the Synthesis of a Tetramethyl-4,4'-diaminobenzophenone

摘要

The synthetic method of tetramethyl-4,4'-diaminobenzophenone accomplished by W. Michler is to pass gaseous carbonyl chloride in dimethylaniline until theoretical value of weight increases at room temperature and synthesize the ketone by heating it at above 120?é. In the result of the experiment to synthesize the ketone by Michler's method, it was observed that if gaseous phosgen was to be used at room temperature according to the method, the gas inhaling tube would be closed up by reaction products (gruel-like crystals) before the theoretical amount of gases passed in and causing difficulty for gas to be produce or inhaled With a view to remove the difficulty, the author examined an article published by W. Michler entitled. "The synthesis of organic acid with phosgen" and guessing that the use of liquid phosgen could overcome the difficulty, succeeded in synthesizing the substance in good yield easily by reacting dimethylaniline with phosgen that was condensed into liquid state.