Thionyl Chloride → 2-Chloromethyl-5,6,7-trimethoxynaphthalene

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2-Hydroxymethyl-5,6,7-trimethoxynaphthalene (781 mg) was dissolved in chloroform (6 mL), and thionyl chloride (561 mL) was added dropwise to the solution. After stirring at room temperature for 5 hours, the reaction mixture was poured into ice water, and sodium hydrogencarbonate was added to adjust the pH of the reaction mixture to 8 to conduct extraction with ethyl acetate. The resultant organic layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound.

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