Phosphorus pentachloride → HCID 20563848, compound

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Reaction Steps

Sixty grams of potassium 4-chloro-3,5-dinitro-o-toluenesulfonate, 70 grams of phosphorus pentachloride and 120 ml of phosphorus oxychloride are mixed and refluxed for 3 hours. The mixture is filtered to remove some insoluble solid. The filtrate is carefully poured into water at 20° C. to 30° C. The precipitated solid is collected and dissolved in 500 ml. of benzene. The benzene solution is washed with water and then dried over MgSO4. After removing the magnesium sulfate, the benzene is concentrated to 100 ml. and 400 ml. of hexane added. The precipitated solid is collected and recrystallized from 300 ml. hexane and 100 ml. of benzene to yield 50 grams of solid with melting point 105° C. to 107° C.

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