Oxalyl chloride → 3-(4-Fluorophenyl)butyryl chloride

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Oxalyl chloride (71 g, 48.8 ml, 0.560 mol, Aldrich) was added to a mixture of 3-(4-fluorophenyl)butyric acid (34 g, 0.187 mol) in 200 ml of dichloromethane at -5° C. After stirring for 20 min at this temperature, the solution was allowed to warm to 25° C. and stirring was continued for 2 h. The volatiles were removed by spin evaporation in vacuo with the addition of dichloromethane (4 ×) during concentration to give 35.1 g (94%) of 3-(4-fluorophenyl)butyryl chloride as a light yellow oil;

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