Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 21849356, compound

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2-Acetamido-1,3-diacetoxy-2-icosylpropane (1.5 g) was dissolved in 40 ml of methanol and 9.6 ml of a 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added thereto. The mixture was refluxed under heating for 6 hours. The mixture was neutralized with a 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution and the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The concentrate was washed with water and ethyl acetate:hexane =1:1 in order to give 817 mg of 2-amino-2-icosyl-1,3-propanediol hydrochloride.

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