Chloroacetyl chloride → HCID 20315556, compound

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Aluminium chloride (83.3g.) was added in portions over 30 minutes to a rapidly stirred solution of N,N-diethylphenoxyacetamide (51.6g.) and chloroacetyl chloride (31.0g.) in methylene dichloride (200ml.) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred and allowed to reach room temperature over 16 hours. The solvent was evaporated and the residue poured into a mixture of ice (300g.) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (15ml.). The mixture was extracted with methylene dichloride (5 × 100ml.), and the extracts washed with water (2 × 50ml.) dried and evaporated. The residue was chromatographed on alumina to give N,N-diethyl-4-(chloroacetyl)phenoxyacetamide, m.p. 89°-91° C.

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