4-Chloroaniline → Methyl 4-[[(4-chlorophenyl)imino]methyl]benzoate

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165 g (1 mole) of 4-carbomethoxybenzaldehyde and 128 g (1 mole) of 4-chloroaniline were stirred in 2500 ml of ethanol for 3 hours on a weak reflux, when cooled to -10°C, filtered with suction and washed with ethanol having a temperature of -10° C. After drying, 227 g (83% of the theory) of 4-(p-chlorophenylimino-methyl)-benzoicacid methyl ester of the following formula were obtained ##STR42##

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