“…Squaryl chloride K could be efficiently produced upon the treatment of squaric acid with chlorinating agents, such as thionyl chloride [39,40], and, typically, as-prepared K could be used for subsequent steps, without any purification. The reaction between K and Nu N 1-H or Nu C 1-H nucleophiles produces the corresponding semisquaric acid chlorides L [41] and M [42][43][44][45], respectively.…”