m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → 4-Chloro-4'-methylsulfonylmethylbenzophenone

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4-Chloro-4'-methylsulfinylmethylbenzophenone (2.9 g) and m-chloroperbenzoic acid (2.5 g) were dissolved in dichloromethane, and the mixture was stirred for 12 hours at 0° C. After the precipitated crystals were filtered off, the filtrate was successively washed with aquous sodium bicarbonate solution, aqueous 5% sodium thiosulfate solution and water, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After distilling off the solvent, the crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent: ethyl acetate:n-hexane=1:5) to obtain 4-chloro-4'-methylsulfonylmethylbenzophenone (1.8 g).

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