Water → 2-Chloro-4,5-dihydroxymandelic acid

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Sulphuryl chloride (0.8 ml) was added to a solution of 3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid (1.84 g, 10 mmol) in warm acetic acid (20 ml). The mixture was stirred for two hours then poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate (6×40 ml). The extracts were washed with saturated brine (50 ml), dried and evaporated to a crystalline mass (2.36 g) which was recrystallised from ethyl acetate-cyclohexane, 0.97 g, 44%, mp 177°, δ[(CD3)2SO] 5.15(1H, s, CH), 6.71 and 6.85(2H, 2×s, Ar), 8.4-9.8(3H, m, 2×OH, CO2H).

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