Cysteamine → HCID 18915883, compound

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There was suspended 50 g (0.65 mol) or 2-aminoethanethiol in 660 ml of ethanol and, under cooling with ice, added 65.6 g (0.65 mol) of triethylamine and added dropwise 79.6 g (0.65 mol) of ethyl chloroacetate, and then the mixture was stirred for 1 hour under cooling with ice. Then thereto was added 65.6 g (0.65 mol) of triethylamine and added dropwise 70.6 g (0.65 mol) of ethyl chloroformate, and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour under cooling with ice, and further for 18 hours at room temperature. After the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, the residue was dissolved in chloroform and washed with water, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Then the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 137 g of the titled compound as oily matter.

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