Sodium Azide → [(2-Azido-3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)sulfanyl]acetic acid

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1.00 gram (4.70 mmoles) of the 2-chloro-3-carboxymethylmercapto-propionic acid methyl ester produced in Example 9 was stirred with 0.46 gram (7.08 mmoles) of sodium azide and 0.10 gram of Aliquat 336 in 2 ml of water for 15 hours at 50° C. After working up according to Example 2 there were obtained 0.91 gram (88% of theory) of 2-azido-3-carboxymethylmercapto-propionic acid methyl ester as an analytically pure material.

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