2-Chlorobenzaldehyde → 2-Chlorobenzoyl chloride

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Phosphorus pentachloride (41.5 g, 0.2 mole) was added to 2-chlorobenzaldehyde (289.7 g, 2.0 mole, 97%). After the ensuing exotherm had subsided, the resulting red solution was heated to 160° C. A stream of chlorine was introduced through a sparge tube into the solution for a period of six hours. (Gas chromatography indicated 96.5% conversion.) The solution was then cooled and distilled under reduced pressure giving 325.4 grams of 2-chlorobenzoyl chloride which boiled at 135° to 140° C. at 16 millimeters of mercury. The yield of the desired product was 93% (98.5% pure).

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