Lauroyl chloride is the organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)10COCl.

[2] It is mainly produced as a precursor to dilauroyl peroxide, which is widely used in free-radical polymerizations.

[3] Lauroyl chloride is a substrate for diverse reactions characteristic of acid chlorides.

With base, it converts to laurone, a ketone with the formula [CH3(CH2)10]2CO.

[4] With sodium azide, it reacts to give undecyl isocyanate via a Curtius rearrangement of the acyl azide.