Acetyl chloride → Methoxybenzyl chloride

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To a 300 mL-volume Kjeldahl flask, 50 g of benzaldehyde dimethyl acetal and 27.08 g of acetyl chloride were added, and the mixture was stirred at 45° C. for 3 hours. After the reaction, the low boiling point residue was removed under reduced pressure to obtain 49.8 g of α-chlorobenzyl methyl ether.

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