Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 15617896, compound

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A mixture of aluminum chloride (1.25 g, 9.4 mmole) in methylene chloride (25 mL) was stirred at 0° and treated dropwise with benzoyl chloride (1.1 mL, 9.4 mmole) and stirred for 5 minutes. A solution of 2-(phenylmethyl)-1-naphthol (2.0 g, 8.5 mmole) in methylene chloride (6 mL) was added dropwise over 15 minutes, and stirring was continued at 0° for 3 hours. The mixture was poured into 1.0N hydrochloric acid, and the crude product was isolated by extraction with methylene chloride. Recrystallization from toluene provided the title compound (1.15 g, 40%) as pale yelow crystals, mp 152°-155°.

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