Thionyl Chloride → 3beta-Acetoxychol-5-enyl chloride

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3β-Acetoxychol-5-enic acid (4.16 g; 10 mmoles) was added to 60 ml of anhydrous benzene. The solution was cooled with ice, and with stirring, 4.5 ml of thionyl chloride was gradually added dropwise. After the addition, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2.5 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, and to the resulting residue was added 20 ml of anhydrous benzene which had been obtained by dehydrating benzene with sodium. The mixture was repeatedly concentrated under reduced pressure to remove the thionyl chloride contained in the residue. The resulting crude solid product, 3β-acetoxychol-5-enyl chloride, was used as a starting compound in the subsequent step without purification.

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