Oxalyl chloride → 5-Acetyl-2-ethoxybenzoyl chloride

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Oxalyl chloride (3.66 g, 0.029 mol) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 5-acetyl-2-ethoxybenzoic acid (3.0 g, 0.014 mol) in dichloromethane (15 ml) and dimethylformamide (0.1 ml). After 3 hours at room temperature, the solvent was removed by evaporation under vacuum and the residue azeotroped with hexane (3×30 ml) to give the title compound, which was used without further purification.

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