Hydrochloric Acid → N-(7-chloro-6-oxooctyl)phthalimide

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A solution of 6-phthalimidohexanoyl chloride (2 g.) in dry toluene was added to an ethereal solution of diazoethane at -78° C. and the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stand for 15 hours. On standing a solid crystallized out of solution. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate evaporated to dryness giving 1.43 g. of yellow-green oil. This oil was then dissolved in acetone and concentrated hydrochloric acid added until effervescence ceased. The resulting yellow-brown solution was then evaporated to dryness and azeotroped three times with toluene to give N-(7-chloro-6-oxooctyl)phthalimide (1.4 g.) which was used without further purification.

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