Oxalyl chloride → (3-Bromophenyl)acetyl chloride

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Reaction Steps

The raw material meta-bromophenylacetic acid (100 g, 0.47 mol, 1.0 eq) was dissolved in dichloromethane (500 ml), then was cooled to 0° C. in ice-salt bath. Oxalyl chloride (120 g, 0.95 mol, 2.0 eq) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture with temperature maintaining 0° C. After the dropping was finished, the reaction temperature was changed to room temperature and reacted for two hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain meta-bromophenylacetyl chloride (110 g, 0.47 mol) after the reaction completed. The obtained meta-bromophenylacetyl chloride was dissolved in dichloromethane (200 ml) for further use.

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