white or greyish-beige crystalline powder
4'-Chloroacetanilide is used in pharmaceutical preparations, using PGC column. And also used in the synthesis of alprazolam.
ChEBI: Acetamide substituted on nitrogen by a para-chlorophenyl group.
4′-Chloroacetanilide is the main impurity present in acetaminophen and has been quantitated by new high-performance liquid chromatography method using a mixed-mode reversed-phase/cation exchange stationary phase.
Crystallise the anilide from EtOH or aqueous EtOH. [Beilstein 12 IV 1178.]