p-Toluenesulfonic acid → HCID 86733043, compound

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A mixture of 11.7 parts of 2-bromo-4'-chloroacetophenone, 11.9 parts of 1-(4-chloro-o-tolyloxy)-2,3-propanediol, 2.5 parts of p-toluenesulfonic acid and 240 parts of benzene is stirred and refluxed for 24 hours in a four-necked round-bottomed flask equipped with a watertrap. The benzene solution is washed successively with a diluted sodium hydroxide solution and with water. The solvent is removed in vacuo. The residue is crystallized from methanol and the less pure fraction is recrystallized from diisopropylether, yielding A-2-(bromomethyl-2-(p-chlorophenyl)-4-(4-chloro-o-tolyloxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolane; m.p. 102.5°C. The methanol filtrate is evaporated in vacuo, yielding B-2-(bromomethyl)-2-(p-chlorophenyl)-4-(4-chloro-o-tolyloxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolane as a residue.

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