Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(3-Chloro-4-fluorophenyl)prop-2-enoic acid

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A stirred mixture of 3-chloro-4-fluorobenzaldehyde (55 g, 0.35 mole), malonic acid (47 g, 0.45 mole) and 3.5 ml of piperidine in 138 ml of pyridine was heated on a steam bath for 2 hours. The reaction solution was poured into a mixture of 200 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 320 g of ice to give after filtration and water wash 44 g (63%). The crude intermediate was used without further purification in part D.

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