Benzene → HCID 12962300, compound

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Twenty-one and three tenths (21.3) ml. of a solution containing 5.3 g. of 2-ethyl-5-phenyl oxazolidine was diluted with 25 ml. of benzene and 3.1 g. of triethylamine was added. The mixture was cooled in a room temperature water bath and 4.4 g. of dichloroacetyl chloride was added dropwise with stirring. The stirring was continued for about 30 minutes after addition was complete. The solution was washed with water, separated, dried over magnesium sulfate and removed under vacuum. There was obtained a yield of 8.7 g. of the title compound, an oil, ND30 =1.5600.

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