The synthesis isn't taken directly from any book. It's true, I read some threads about the preparation of alpha-halocarboxylic acids here on the Hive and that is how I came up with idea for this synth. The only book that was used is J.B.Hendrickson, D.J.Cram, G.S.Hammond, Organic Chemistry, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1970.
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