Thionyl Chloride → 4-Chloro-2,5-difluorobenzoyl chloride

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38.5 g 4-chloro-2,5-difluorobenzoic acid (0.2 mole) was placed in a 250 mL, 3-necked roundbottom flask equipped with a magnetic stirbar, a thermometer, and a water-cooled condenser. 238 g thionyl chloride was added in one lot. The mixture was stirred and heated on a water bath. At about 58°-60° C. the solid dissolved with evolution of gas and formation of foam. The mixture was stirred and maintained at 60° C. until all the solid dissolved - about 30 minutes. It was then heated in a boiling water bath to reflux and held there for 2 hours.

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