Hydrochloric Acid → 2,6-Dichlorobenzylglyoxal

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A mixture of 10 g of 2,6-dichlorobenzylglyoxal diethylacetal, 40 ml of ethanol and 20 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid is refluxed for 4 hours and then is evaporated to dryness. The residue, which is a yellowish oil, consists of crude 2,6-dichlorobenzylglyoxal and is used in step (b) of this Example as set forth below.

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