Oxalyl chloride → p-Tetradecyloxyphenylacetylchloride

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To a mixture of 60.6 g of product from Example 52 in 750 ml of methylene chloride and 0.636 g of dimethylformamide is added, dropwise, 33.1 g of oxalyl chloride. The reaction is stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. The mixture is concentrated in vacuo, redissolved in diethyl ether, passed through a pad of diatomaceous earth and concentrated in vacuo to give 63.81 g of the desired product.

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