Dichloromethane → 1-(3-Chloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)ethanone

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50 gm of p-hydroxyacetophenone were dissolved in 500 ml of hot methylene dichloride and filtered through a small pad of silica gel. The solution was allowed to cool and the methylene dichloride was stripped off to obtain 41.75 gm (0.31 mol) of crystals. These crystals were dissolved in about 1.5 liters of methylene dichloride. The reaction flask was placed in an ice bath and chlorine gas was bubbled through the solution. After about a total of 5 minutes of Cl2(g) bubbling, the methylene chloride was stripped off to yield more than 30 gm of white crystals (>90% pure) of 3-chloro-4-hydroxy acetophenone.

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