Mesitylene → 5-(4-Phenylsulfonyl-butoxy)-carbostyril

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Reaction Steps

100 mgm of 5-(4-phenylsulfonyl-butoxy)-3,4-dihydro-carbostyril were refluxed with 30 mgm of palladium-on-charcoal and 1 ml of mesitylene. After 3.5 hours, another 30 mgm of palladium-on-charcoal were added, and the mixture was heated for 9 hours more. Subsequently, the reaction mixture was filtered while still hot, the filtrate was evaporated, and the residue was chromatographed on a silica gel column with a mixture of benzene/ethanol/conc. ammonia=75/25/3. Besides unreacted starting material, 9 mgm of 5-(4-phenylsulfonyl-butoxy)-carbostyril were obtained.

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