Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 19883512, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 16 parts of 1-cyclopropyl-2,2-diphenylethanone and 300 parts of hydrochloric acid were stirred and refluxed for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and extracted with 2,2'-oxybispropane. The extract was washed with water and with a diluted sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, dried, filtered and evaporated, yielding 17 parts of 5-chloro-1,1-diphenyl-2-pentanone as a residue (intermediate 88).

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