Oxalyl chloride → 1-(4-Chlorophenyl)cyclopropane-1-carbonyl chloride

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A catalytic amount of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)(10 μL) was added to a mixture of 1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (1.0 g, 5.1 mmol) and oxalyl chloride (2.2 mL, 25 mmol) in methylene chloride (5 mL) at 0° C. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature (about 25° C.) for 2 h. The volatiles were removed under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was co-evaporated with toluene (2×) to provide the crude product, 1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclopropanecarbonyl chloride, which was used in next step without further purification.

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