Chloroacetyl chloride → N-[2-[4-(2-CHLOROACETYL)PHENYL]ETHYL]ACETAMIDE

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Aluminium chloride (1.63 g) was dissolved in 1,2-dichloroethane (15 mL). Chloroacetylchloride (0.732 mL) was added to the mixture at 0° C., and stirred additionally for 20 minutes, then N-(2-phenylethyl)acetamide (1 g) in 1,2-dichloroethane (5 mL) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature, and then poured into ice water. The mixture was extracted with chloroform, washed with water and saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The solid was washed with ethyl acetate and ethyl ether, and dried in vacuo to give N-{2-[4-(2-chloroacetyl)phenyl]ethyl}-acetamide as a white powder (1.18 g, 80.4%).

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