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To a cooled suspension of 43.0 g of anhydrous aluminum chloride in 250 ml of methylene chloride was added 40.0 g of oxalyl chloride over a period of 25 minutes. The resulting mixture was stirred for 5 minutes and then 43.2 g of neopentylbenzene was added dropwise maintaining a temperature of 0°-5° C. over a period of 35 minutes. The dark red mixture was stirred at an ambient temperature and then heated slowly to reflux for 3 hours, cooled, and poured into a mixture of 250 g of ice and 188 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid. The mixture was stirred for 1/2 hour, and two layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with methylene chloride and the combined organic layers were evaporated to yield a brown oily residue. The residue was heated and stirred under reflux with 200 ml of 10N sodium hydroxide, 150 ml of water, and 250 ml of ethyl alcohol for 20 minutes, cooled, and the mixture was extracted with ether. The aqueous layer was acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid and stirred for 1 hour. The solid was collected by filtration, washed with water, dissolved in ethyl acetate, the aqueous layer was discarded, dried and evaporated to yield a solid. The solid was crystallized from acetone to yield p-neopentylbenzoic acid as a beige solid, mp 191°-193° C.

1. temperaturemaintaining a temperature of 0°-5° C. over a period of 35 minutes
2. stirringThe dark red mixture was stirred at an ambient temperature
3. temperatureheated slowly
4. temperatureto reflux for 3 hours
5. temperaturecooled
6. stirringThe mixture was stirred for 1/2 hour
7. customtwo layers were separated
8. extractionThe aqueous layer was extracted with methylene chloride
9. customthe combined organic layers were evaporated
10. customto yield a brown oily residue
11. temperatureThe residue was heated
12. stirringstirred
13. temperaturecooled
14. extractionthe mixture was extracted with ether
15. stirringstirred for 1 hour
16. filtrationThe solid was collected by filtration
17. washwashed with water
18. dissolutiondissolved in ethyl acetate
19. customdried
20. customevaporated
21. customto yield a solid
22. customThe solid was crystallized from acetone