Hydrochloric Acid → 2,3,5,6-Tetramethylbenzene-1,4-dicarbonyl dichloride

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To a 500 ml. three-necked flask equipped with stirrer, reflux condenser and nitrogen inlet, is added 100 grams tetramethylterephthalic acid and 200 ml. thionyl chloride. The mixture is stirred at reflux for six hours during which time the acid dissolves and a mixture of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride is evolved. At the end of this period the excess thionyl chloride is removed by distillation. The residue, which is crude tetramethylterephthaloyl chloride, is recrystallized twice from cyclohexane.

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