3-(1-Pyrenyl)propanoyl chloride S|P 517
Aluminium Chloride (2 eq, Sigma-Aldrich)
DCM

Anhydrous Aluminium Chloride (0.17 g, 1.3 mmol)  was added to a stirring solution of 3-(1-Pyrenyl)propanoyl chloride (0.19 g, 0.65 mmol) in DCM 15 ml) at 0^oC under a dinitrogen atmosphere. The reaction was then left for 1 h under a dinitogen atmosphere at room temperature.
The solvent was removed in vacuo, the residue was acidified with HCl (1 M) and then extracted with DCM (3 x 10 ml). The combined extracts were collected and dried over Na₂SO₄ and the solvent removed in vacuo to produce a yellow/orange crude residue. This was purified by coloumn chromatography using (8:2) chloroform : petroleum ether (40 - 60 ^oC) to yield dark yellow crystalline solid (25 mg, 15%).

You should be careful upon addition of HCl as toxic/corrosive gas is evolved.
The end product is susceptible to oxidation over long periods of time.

δ_H(400MHz, CDCl₃) ppm: 3.09 (2H, t, J  7.0, CH₂), 3.63 (2H, t, J 7.0, CH₂), 7.87 (1H, d, J 8, aryl), 7.96 - 8.03 (3H, m, aryl), 8.12 (1H, d, J 8, aryl), 8.20 (1H, d, J 7.5, aryl), 8.28 (1H, d, J 7.5, aryl), 8.74 (1H, s, aryl).

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