Chloral → Benzoic acid, 2-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)hydrazide

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10 g (0.073 mol) of benzoylhydrazine were suspended in benzene, 200 ml, and 18.3 g (0.124 mol) of chloral were added dropwise to the suspension which was then refluxed under agitation for 3 hours. Upon cooling, the sedimented crystals were collected by filtration and washed well with benzene. In this way, white brown crystals, 19 g, were obtained substantially quantatively. m.p. 188°-189° C. (decomposed). When recrystallized from acetone, the Compound No. 1, m.p. 194°-195° (decomposed), was obtained in white needles. Yield: 15.4 g (81% of the theoretical).

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