Page 1. SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS, 18(12), 1411-1414 (1988) SULFURIC ACID CATALYZED DECARBONYLATION OF ALKOXYACETYL CHLORIDES * D. Basavaiah , P. Dharma Rao and VVL Gowriswari School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad Hyderabad 500 134, India Abstract: Sulfuric acid catalyzes the decarbonylation of alkoxyacetyl chlorides to produce the corresponding chloromethyl alkyl ethers in fairly good yields. ...