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| | Preparation of .alpha.-arylalkanoic acids - United States Patent 4,912,254 |
 | | The substituted acyl halides of formula II are prepared from corresponding acids by.alpha.-halogenation of the alkanoic acid by the addition of halide in the presence of a catalytic amount of phosphorus trichloride (Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky reaction) to afford the.alpha.-haloalkanoic acid. |
 | | The optically active.alpha.-substituted acyl halides are prepared by resolution of the racemic.alpha.-hydroxyalkanoic acids or esters by conventional methods using optically active amine bases or from available amino acids, for example, such as by methods described in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 76, 6054 (1954). |
 | | The metal halides such as zinc chloride, cobalt chloride, zinc bromide, stannous chloride, ferrous chloride, ferric chloride, nickel bromide, cadmium chloride, magnesium chloride, mercurous chloride, mercuric chloride, antimony chloride, barium chloride, calcium chloride, cuprous chloride, cupric chloride, manganese chloride, stannic chloride, bismuth chloride and palladium trichloride are considered particularly useful. |
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