Hydrochloric Acid → 6-(4'-Chloro-phenyl)-6-oxo-4-chloro-3,3-dimethyl-hexanoic acid ethyl ester

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80.1 g of 3,3-dimethyl-4-(4'-chloro-phenacyl)-γ-butyrolactone were dissolved in 500 ml of ethanol, and dry hydrogen chloride was passed in until the temperature had reached 50° C. A slow stream of hydrogen chloride was then passed through the solution at 50° C., initially with cooling, for 3 hours, and the introduction was then continued until the mixture had reached room temperature again. Distilling off the ethanol in vacuo gave 100 g of 6-(4'-chloro-phenyl)-6-oxo-4-chloro-3,3-dimethyl-hexanoic acid ethyl ester of refractive index nD20 =1.528.

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