Question about Acids for Chlorination

[java]

In trying to make an chlorinate the OH with Phosphorus oxy chloride  will this  work the solvents dichloromethane or chloroform in the making of chloroephedrine?  As thionyl chloride becomes less available and methods to synthesise are not to friendly , there is  a need to find alternatives. I used the search engine and read halfpint version of synthesis and also in the synthesis or LSD, where in the acid chloride step they used this compund,(phosphorous oxy chloride).

So to re-phrase my question will the Phosphorous oxychloride react well in chloroform or dichloromethane as solvent, in the synthesis of the chloroephedrine?.....java

Edited: some editing done to correct some terms

[Aurelius]

"good solubility in benzene, carbon disulfide, chloroform and carbon tetrachloride and can itself be used as a solvent"

Chlorinated solvents are best, but you should make sure that there is good solubility before using DCM.

http://www.bayertextile.com/product/pages/chemicals/pdf/phosphorus_oxychloride.pdf

[Rhodium]

I'm sorry to interrupt, but what use do you have of an acid chloride in the synthesis of chloroephedrine?

[java]

Rhodium,
Perhaps by calling acid chlorides when I just chlorinate the OH group should just be chloroephedrine?  C6H5CH(OCl)CH(NHCH3)CH3, however I'm was needing information on  acids  for the chlorination of OH as the use thionyl chloride is adequate,but because of the scarcity and problems with it I was inquiring about the Phosphorous -oxy -chloride.  Maybe that is the misuse of the term that caused the confussion.......java

Note: I've corrected the misleading term used on the post , thanks

[Rhodium]

Chloroephedrine (from chlorination of Ephedrine) is an alkyl chloride and nothing else, and the formula is not C₆H₅-CH(OCl)CH(NHCH₃)CH₃ (this would constitute an alkyl hypochlorite, and would be very reactive/unstable), it is rather C₆H₅-CHClCH(NHCH₃)CH₃

Here are a few links about Chloroephedrine:

Post 392817

(Rhodium: "Toxicity of chloropseudoephedrine/chloroephedrine", Stimulants)

Post 401416

(Rhodium: "Hermann Emde's Ephedrine Chemistry Treatise", Stimulants)

[java]

Rhodium, thanks for the clarification on the action of thionyl chloride with the OH group found in ephedrine. Somehow all this time I thought it was making an OCl from the OH to making it a better leaving group when I hydrogenated and reduced it to the alkane. So the phosphorous oxy chloride will do the same to the OH and make the alkyl chloride.....it will make a good replacement since most of the PCl5, PCl3 are watched .......java

[Rhodium]

POCl₃ is indeed also watched, as it has uses in the synthesis of warfare agents in the Sarin/Tabun family.