Benzene → HCID 12962338, compound

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Twenty-three ml. of a benzene solution containing 5.7 g. of 2,2,4-trimethyl-5-phenyl oxazolidine was mixed with 25 ml. of benzene and 3.1 g. of triethylamine and stripped at room temperature, while 4.4 g. of dichloroacetyl chloride was added dropwise. After standing for about 30 minutes, the mixture was washed with water, separated, dried over magnesium sulfate and stripped under vacuum. The product which crystallized was extracted with ether and precipitated with pentane. There was obtained 3.9 g. of a solid, the title compound, m.p. 126° C.

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