Oxalyl chloride → Acetyl chloride, (benzoyloxy)-

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4.1 g (0.023 m) Benzoyloxy acetic acid (as synthesized in Example XIII) was combined with 2.96 ml (4.3 g, 0.032 m) oxalyl chloride in 50 ml petroleum ether. This was stirred under a CaSO4 drying tube for 5 hrs., at which time 2.0 ml more oxalyl chloride and 50 ml chloroform were added. The reaction was stirred overnight.

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