Oxalyl chloride → HCID 87955231, compound

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Oxalyl chloride (11.7 ml, 134 mmol) was added dropwise to an ice cold suspension of 2-ethoxy-5(4methylpiperazin-1-ylsulphonyl)benzoic acid (EP 812845) (20.0 g, 60.9 mmol) and dimethylformamide (2 drops) in dichloromethane (200 ml) over 15 minutes, and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, the residue triturated with ether then ethyl acetate and dried at 40° C. for 16 hours, to afford the title compound, (19.6 g; 93%).

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