Phthalic acid : aroylation

Aroylation of an aromatic system by reaction with phthalic anhydride under Friedel-Crafts conditions yields the o-aroylbenzoic acid. These readily available compounds have characteristic melting points which make them useful as derivatives in the characterisation of aromatic hydrocarbons and of aryl halides (Section 9.6.3, p. 1238). 

The aroylation of an aromatic system by reaction with phthalic anhydride under Friedel-Crafts conditions is described in Section 6.11.1, p. 1006. The cyclisation of the derived o-aroylbenzoic acid with polyphosphoric acid is a convenient route to substituted anthraquinones. The reaction is illustrated by the formation of 2-methylanthraquinone from o-(p-toluoyl)benzoic acid (Expt 6.132). 

Phenol, btomobenzene, i-butylbenzene, and acenaphthene give keto acids in good yields. The reaction is applicable to other aliphatic dibasic acid anhydrides like glutaric anhydride, adipic poly anhydride, and maleic anhydride, furnishing w-aroyl acids. An excellent discussion including experimental conditions and procedures has been given. Optimum conditions for the reaction of naphthalene, biphenyl, and chlorobenzene with phthalic anhydride have been determined. The Corresponding keto acids are obtained in 90-98% yields. In this type of condensation, nitrobenzene is stated to be far superior to other solvents with respect to solvent power and ability to slow side reactions. ... 

Many (benzo)pyridazines are made from 1,4-diketo compounds, and the industrial supply of, for example, maleic and phthalic anhydrides and mucohalic acids make them attractive and widely used starting materials, which can be used in conjunction with substituted hydrazines to give a range of A-substituted derivatives. Some other 1,4-diketo compounds are commercially available on a smaller scale, including, for example, certain 3-benzoylpropionic acids from which 6-aryl-4,5-dihydro-3(2//)-pyridazinones can be prepared. When such precursors are not commercially available then ease and scope of synthetic approaches to the starting materials must be considered, but for established routes, such as 6-aryl-4,5-dihydro-3(2//)-pyridazinones from 3-aroylpropionic acids, a variety of synthetic methods have been developed so that a wide range of (substituted)aroyl derivatives can be prepared. Synthetically useful preformed (benzo)pyridazine derivatives that are commercially available include 4,5-dichloro-3(2F/)-pyridazinone, 3,6-dichloropyridazine, and 1,4-dichlorophthalazine. 

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