Monica Boni, Franco Ghelfi*, Ugo M. P aponi and A drho Pinetti ... Dipaxtimento di Chimica dell' Universita' , Via Campi I53,1-4 1 100: hiodena WY) ... Abstract: a-Chlorodimethylacetals are hydrolysed in a mixture of acetic acid and aq. HCl(3.5 M) to a-chloroaldehydes in excellent yields. On replacing HC1 by HE3r the same procedure is applied to a-bromodimethylacetals. ... Recently we reported on the efficient a-halogenation of ...