Thionyl Chloride → HCID 12994203, compound

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59.8 g (233.4 mmol) of 4′-acetoxybiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid and 278 g (2.33 mol) of purified thionyl chloride were placed in a reactor and refluxed under heat (79° C.) for 4 hours. Thionyl chloride was distilled off under atmospheric pressure, 150 ml of toluene was added, and toluene and thionyl chloride were distilled off under reduced pressure, to give 63 g of an end compound (yield498%).

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