Aluminum(III) Chloride → 4-(4-Chlorobenzoyl)-3-chlorotoluene

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A stirred 80° C. solution of 2-chloro-4-methylbenzoyl chloride (6.6 g, 39 mmol) in chlorobenzene (10 ml) was treated with aluminum chloride (5.14 g, 38.5 mmol) in portions over 15 minutes. The mixture was stirred 15 hours at 80° C., cooled, quenched by addition of ice and concentrated hydrochloric acid (5 ml), and extracted three times with diethyl ether. The combined extracts were washed with water and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and evaporated under vacuum. The residue was chromatographed on a column of silica gel (250 g) eluted with 7:3 (v/v) n-hexane-dichloromethane to provide 7.9 g (76%) of 4-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-3-chlorotoluene, m.p. 58°-60.5° C.

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