4-Methoxyphenylacetyl chloride → HCID 21107083, compound

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To 1,2-dichloroethane (40 mL) were added anhydrous aluminum chloride (4.27 g) and zinc chloride (436 mg), followed by stirring 15 min. Under ice-cooling, a solution of 1,3-dimethoxy-5-fluorobenzene (5 g) in 1,2-dichloroethane (15 mL) was added. The mixture was cooled to −10° C. and 4-methoxyphenylacetyl chloride (4.9 mL) in dichloroethane (10 mL) was added drop-wise. The mixture was stirred 30 min at −10° C., and 1 h at room temperature and then heated to reflux for 2 h. The mixture was cooled at 0° C., poured carefully into ice-water and extracted twice with dichloromethane. The dichloromethane layer was dried over MgSO4 and evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound (9.1 g); 1H NMR (CDCl3): 13.23 (s, 1H), 7.17 (d, 2H, J=8.4 Hz), 6.88 (d, 2H, J=8.4 Hz), 6.24 (d, 1H, J=2.1 Hz), 6.18 (dd, 1H, J=13.8 Hz, J′=2.1 Hz), 4.20 (d, 2H, J=3.9 Hz), 3.82 (s, 3H), 3.80 (s, 3H); MS: 291 (MH+); containing 1-(4-fluoro-2-hydroxy-6-methoxyphenyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone as a by-product. 1H NMR (CDCl3): 13.62 (s, 1H), 7.2–6.0 (6H), 4.29 (s, 2H), 3.90 (s, 3H), 3.81 (s, 3H).

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