3-Chloropropionyl chloride → 3-[p-(3-Chloropropionylamino)-benzoyl]-propionic acid

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19.2 g (100 millimoles) of 3-(p-aminobenzoyl)-propionic acid were stirred with 24.8 g (195 millimoles) of 3-chloropropionyl chloride in 200 ml of absolute acetone for 10 hours at room temperature. The mixture was then evaporated down, the residue was stirred with 200 ml of water, and the product was filtered off under suction at 10° C., washed with cold acetone and dried at 100° C. under reduced pressure. 21 g (75%) of 3-[p-(3-chloropropionylamino)-benzoyl]-propionic acid were obtained as yellowish crystals of melting point 181°-182° C. (acetonitrile).

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