Catalytic poison
What exactly is the role of boiling xylene in Rosenmund Reduction ??
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Ankur
·2009-10-31 09:06:06
Yes, it is solvent, it facilitates in clevage of C-Cl bond and most of the time it is not mentioned in the problem (and still the reaction proceeds the same way, and I usually I forgot this reaction then :( ). Good Eureka.