Triethylamine → 2-Amino-3-benzoyl-alpha-(methylthio)benzeneacetonitrile

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To a slurry of 29.6 g (0.15 mole) of 2-aminobenzophenone and 13.1 g (0.15 mole) of (methylthio)acetonitrile in 400 ml of methylene dichloride at a temperature of -68° C. was added dropwise 16.8 g (0.155 mole) of t-butyloxychloride at a rate to ensure that the reaction temperature did not exceed -64° C. The resulting solution was stirred at -69° C. for one hour, treated with 15.7 g (0.155 mole) of triethylamine and allowed to warm to ambient temperature. The solution obtained was washed twice with water, dried over sodium sulphate, and concentrated to give 45.2 g of a dark oil as the residue. This residue was chromatographed on 1 kg of silica gel to yield 22.5 g (53%) of the title compound as tan crystals, m.p. 107°-108° C.

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