Chloroacetyl chloride → 6-Chloro-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one

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Chloroacetyl chloride (2.39 ml) in dichloromethane (25 ml) was added to a mixture of 5-chloro-2-hydroxyaniline (3.59 g), triethyl benzylammonium chloride (5.7 g) and sodium bicarbonate (8.4 g) in dichloromethane (100 ml) at 0°C. After the addition the mixture was heated to reflux for 4 hours, then cooled and concentrated. The residue was treated with water and the resultant solid washed with ether to give 6-chloro-benzo[1,4]oxazin-3-one (4.2 g, 93% yield) as a buff coloured solid; 1H NMR (270 Mz): 3.2(1H,brd), 4.42(2H,s), 6.8-7.0(3H,m) ppm.

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