Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 18442573, compound

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A mixture of (3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-acetic acid (11.14 g, 54.33 mmol) and anhydrous DMF (1.45 ml) in thionyl chloride (137 ml) was stirred at RT, under nitrogen, for 17 h. The excess of thionyl chloride was removed under vacuum. Anhydrous toluene was added to the residue, which was again concentrated in vacuum (repeated two more times). Powdered anhydrous aluminium chloride (11.57 g, 86.72 mmol) was added portionwise (exothermic reaction) to a stirred mixture of 1,2-dimethoxy-benzene (6.92 ml, 54.34 mmol) and the previous acyl chloride in anhydrous dichloromethane (120 ml). An exothermic reaction occurred and the reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 2 h. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to RT and was then poured into a mixture of ice (67 g) and aqueous 7.5N HCl (64 ml). The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to dryness to give a brown residue (oil and solid). After a further drying (HV), anhydrous diethylether was added and a beige solid precipitated. The beige solid was filtered and further dried (8.33 g, 47%).

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