1-Chloro-4-(chloromethyl)benzene → HCID 19938671, compound

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Into 126 ml of anhydrous benzene, 3.04 g of sodium hydride (prepared by washing 60% oily sodium hydride with anhydrous benzene) were added, and then 18 g of methyl 3-methyl-2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate were added to the thus formed mixture. After stirring the whole mixture for one hour at room temperature, 21.5 g of 4-chlorobenzyl chloride were added to the mixture and the thus obtained mixture was refluxed for 6 hours in an oil bath at 90° C.

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