2-Mercaptoethanol → HCID 67824252, compound

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In 15.3 ml of methylene chloride was suspended 0.51 g of methyl 5-hydroxy-10,11-dihydro-5 H-dibenzo[a,d]-cyclohepten-3-carboxylate. Under ice cooling, 0.27 ml of trifluoroacetic anhydride was added to the suspension followed by stirring at room temperature for an hour. Then, 0.14 ml of 2-mercaptoethanol was added to the mixture followed by stirring for further an hour. After 10 ml of methylene chloride was added to the reaction mixture, the mixture was washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. After drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent; hexane:ethyl acetate=1:1) and recrystallized from toluene to give 0.51 g of the objective compound as light yellow crystals.

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