Acetyl chloride → HCID 18423154, compound

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To a suspension of aluminum chloride (22.3 g) in dichloroethane (40 ml) was added acetylchloride (7.1 ml). Thereto was added a solution of N-phenylmethylacetamide (10 g) in dichloroethane (20 ml) at 10-15° C. over 20 min. This reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 hr and poured into ice water (100 ml). The mixture was extracted with chloroform (100 ml×3). The chloroform layer was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to give a black brown oil (15.5 g). The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent; chloroform:methanol=20:1) to give the title compound (6.48 g) as a black brown solid.

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