Trimethyltin chloride → HCID 178450427, compound

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A mixture of 69.9 g of ethyl 2-[(2'-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)methyl]-3-oxohexanoate, prepared according to Example 5, 700 ml of anhydrous toluene and 47.5 g of trimethyltin azide, prepared from sodium azide and trimethyltin chloride, is refluxed for 24 h. A further 47.5 g of trimethyltin azide are added and reflux is continued for 16 h. The mixture is concentrated to 50%. The orange solution obtained is purified by chromatography twice in succession (eluent: chloroform 90%/methanol 10%, then chloroform 95%/methanol 5%) to give 58 g of an orange oil, which crystallizes.

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