Thionyl Chloride → HCID 14501734, compound

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To a 3-neck 500 ml round-bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer, reflux condenser and addition funnel was added (2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)acetic acid (30.90 g, 0.196 moles) and 250 ml of chloroform under nitrogen. Thionyl chloride (30.20 g, 0.250 moles) was added dropwise and the solution refluxed for 2 hours. The mixture was then concentrated by distillation of the chloroform and excess thionyl chloride. The remaining yellow oil was distilled in vacuo to give 18.9 g of the product as a colorless oil, bp 40°-48° C./20 mm.

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