Thionyl Chloride → 3,7,11,15-Tetramethylhexadecanoyl chloride

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere, one drop of pyridine was added to 2.0 g of phytanic acid and 10 ml of methylene chloride, and 1.14 g of thionyl chloride was added dropwise at room temperature. After the completion of dropwise addition, the mixture was refluxed for 1 hour, and then concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain about 2 g of phytanic acid chloride.

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