Thionyl Chloride → 3-Ethylbenzoyl chloride

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Reaction Steps

3-Ethylbenzoic acid (9.40 g, 62.6 mmol) was slowly added to thionyl chloride (45 mL) at 0° C. and N,N-dimethylformamide (3 drops) was added dropwise. The obtained reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 2 hrs. The reaction mixture was concentrated and used for the next reaction without purification.

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