Pyridine → alpha-Chloro-alpha-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-acetic acid t-butyl ester

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While stirring and with ice cooling, a solution of 17.6 g of t-butanol and 19.2 ml of pyridine in 60 ml of dichloromethane is dripped into a solution, cooled at 5° C., of 62 g of α-chloro-α-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-acetyl chloride in 60 ml of dichloromethane in such a manner that the temperature of the reaction mixture stays below 10° C. After all the solution has been dripped in, the mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature, is then diluted with 100 ml of dichloromethane and extracted 5 times, each time with 100 ml of water. The organic phase is dried over magnesium sulfate and distilled after the solvent has been evaporated. There is obtained 58 g of α-chloro-α-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-acetic acid t-butyl ester as a colorless oil; b.p. 98°-103° C./0.13 mbar.

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