2,4,5-Trimethoxybenzoic acid → 2,4,5-Trimethoxybenzoyl chloride

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To a suspension of 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid (2.12 g, 10 mmol) in dry 10 mL benzene was added thionyl chloride (4.4 mL, 60 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 5 hr. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was washed with hexane to give 2.07 g of the title compound which was used for the next step without further purification. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ: 7.65 (1 H, s), 6.50 (1 H, s), 4.05 (3 H, s), 3.97 (3 H, s), 3.86 (3 H, s).

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