Chloroacetyl chloride → 2-Chloro-1-(2-fluoro-4,6-dimethoxyphenyl)ethan-1-one

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A solution consisting of 3,5-dimethoxy fluorobenzene 26 (5.0 g, 32 mmol) and chloroacetyl chloride (4.3 g, 38 mmol) in dichloroethane (100 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and treated with AlCl3 (5.1 g, 38 mmol). The reaction was allowed to rt and stirred for 1 h and then washed with 2N HCl aq, brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered, concentrated and chromatographed on silica gel (1:9 EtOAc/hexanes to 2:8 EtOAc/hexanes) to yiled th product 27 (1.2 g) as a white solid: Mp 93-96° C.

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