Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(Chloromethyl)benzoic acid

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272 parts of 4-methyl-benzoic acid are dissolved in 750 parts of chlorobenzene at 100° C. and are chlorinated at this temperature by the introduction of elementary chlorine under UV light; the chlorination process is ended when 71 parts of hydrochloric acid have been formed. The reaction mixture is then cooled to about 0° C., with stirring, and the precipitate which has separated out is filtered off, freed from chlorobenzene by being washed several times with low-boiling petroleum ether and dried. 307 parts of 4-(chloromethyl)-benzoic acid with a melting point of 196° to 200° C. are obtained.

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