Benzyl Alcohol → HCID 131713592, compound

Participants

Reaction Steps

Six hundred ml. of benzyl alcohol are cooled to 10° and, with vigorous stirring, there is added over the course of 30 minutes, 100 grams of thionyl chloride, while the temperature is maintained at 10°. To this solution there is added, at 10°, 50 grams of cis-4-(phenylthio)-L-proline and the mixture stirred for 48 hours at room temperature. To this reaction mixture there is then added 4 liters of anhydrous ether and the mixture stirred vigorously with cooling. The precipitated solid is filtered, washed with ether and dried to yield the desired 4-(S)-(phenylthio)-L-proline, phenylmethyl ester hydrochloride salt.

Provenance & Evidence