Bromobenzene → 1-(2-Bromophenyl)pentan-1-one

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In 50 ml of tetrachloroethane were dissolved 5.11 g (0.05 mole) of valeric acid and 9.83 g (0.0575 mole) of monochloroacetic anhydride. To the resulting solution were added 9.42 g (0.06 mole) of bromobenzene and 0.8 g of boron trifluoride-diethyl ether complex and the resulting mixture was then stirred at 115° C. for 10 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction solution was cooled and washed successively with water, 5% aqueous sodium carbonate solution and water. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain 6.75 g of valerylbromobenzene.

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