Acetyl chloride → Methyl 2-(3-bromophenyl)acetate

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Acetyl chloride (0.7 ml, 9.3 mmol) was slowly added to a solution of (3-bromo-phenyl)-acetic acid (20.0 g, 93 mmol) in methanol (500 ml) at 0° C. under nitrogen and the reaction was allowed to warm gradually to room temperature over 5 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue dissolved in dichloromethane, dried (sodium sulphate) and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound as a colourless oil, 20.6 g.

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