4-Chloro-2-butanone → 2-(3-Oxobutyl)-1H-1lambda~6~,2-benzothiazole-1,1,3(2H)-trione

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9.0 g (76 millimoles) of 4-chlorobutan-2-one were slowly added dropwise to 10.0 g (50 millimoles) of sodium saccharin in 100 ml of absolute dimethylformamide, while stirring. The temperature was then gradually increased to 80° C., and the reaction mixture was stirred at this temperature for 5 hours, after which it was cooled. An excess of ice-water was added, and stirring was continued for a further hour. The precipitated solid was filtered off under suction, recrystallized from ethanol and dried in a drying oven under reduced pressure at 50° C. to give 10.9 g (86%) of N-(2-oxobut-4-yl)-saccharin of melting point 118°-119° C.

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