Blanc chloromethylation

The Blanc chloromethylation is the chemical reaction of aromatic rings with formaldehyde and hydrogen chloride catalyzed by zinc chloride to form chloromethyl arenes.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ Gustave Louis Blanc Bull. Soc. Chim. France 1923, 33, 313.
2. ^ Fuson, R. C.; McKeever, C. H. Org. React. 1942, 1, 63. (Review)

See also

• Friedel-Crafts alkylation
• Quelet reaction