Hydrochloric Acid → 3',5'-Dichloroacetophenone

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To the product from step A (5.42 g, 23.2 mmol) in 100 mL of tetrahydrofuran was added methylmagnesium bromide (11.6 mL, 34.8 mmol) drop-wise. After stirring at ambient temperature for 25 min, 1N hydrochloric acid was added and the mixture extracted with two portions of ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to provide the title compound which was used without further purification. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 7.84 (d, J=1.9 Hz, 2H); 7.58 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H); 2.63 (s, 3H).

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