Chloroacetyl chloride → HCID 12032304, compound

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To a stirred solution of (S)-2-aminopropan-1-ol (10 g, 0.13 mol) in water at 0° C. was added simultaneously a solution of chloroacetyl chloride (18 g, 0.16 mol) in dichloromethane (50 mL) and 1.6M aqueous sodium hydroxide (100 mL) dropwise over 1 h. The dichloromethane was removed under reduced pressure then the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate. The separated organic layer was dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated to afford (S)-2-chloro-N-(1-hydroxypropan-2-yl)acetamide (16.2 g, 83%) as a colourless oil which was used in the next step without further purification.

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