Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 12831967, compound

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To the amalgam of zinc--prepared from 1280 g (19.7 gram-atoms) of zinc, 128 g (5.4×10-1M) of mercurous chloride, 64 cm3 of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 1900 cm3 of water--are added, in order, 1000 cm3 water, 1500 cm3 of concentrated hydrochloric acid, 3500 cm3 of toluene and 640 g (2.45 M) of 6-bromo-8-chloro-4-chromanone (III2). The mixture is refluxed for 1 hour and, after cooling and decantation, it is extracted with ether and washed in water up to neutrality. 305 g (yield=50%) of expected product are thus isolated. B.p.0.01 =128° C.

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