Potassium Iodide → HCID 20379982, compound

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A mixture of 99.9 g (0.4 mole) of 4-(diphenylmethylene)piperidine, 88 g (0.44 mole) of 4-chloro-4'-fluorobutyrophenone, 64.0 g (0.64 mole) of potassium bicarbonate, and a small amount of potassium iodide in 1500 ml of toluene was refluxed for 5 days. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated at reduced pressure leaving a residue which was dissolved in about 800 ml of ethyl acetate. This solution was concentrated to about 500 ml and allowed to stand for one day. The resulting precipitate was recrystallized from methanol-ethyl acetate, made basic with sodium hydroxide solution, water washed, and the product recrystallized from petroleum-ether to give the title compound, M.P. 111°-114° C.

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