Chlorobenzene → 1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-3,5-dichloropyrazine-2(1H)-one

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Oxalyl chloride (17.5 ml, 200 mmol) was added dropwise via a dropping funnel to a mixture of compound (7) (8.5 g, 48.2 mmol) in chlorobenzene (60 ml). The reaction was heated at about 90° C. for about 16 h. The solvent was removed. The resulting mixture was deposited onto silica gel and loaded onto a silica gel column and eluted with Hex/EtOAc (10:1) to afford 3,5-dichloro-1-(4-methoxybenzyl)pyrazin-2(1H)-one (4.0 g, 13.33 mmol, 27.6% yield).

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