Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 12952211, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 252.6 g of 7-bromo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-xanthone obtained in Example 1, 89.1 g of cuprous cyanide and 900 ml of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone was heated with stirring for 2 hours at 190° C. and then allowed to cool to 80° C. To the reaction mixture was added a mixture of 300 g of ferric chloride, 450 ml of water and 80 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, and the resulting solution was agitated for 30 minutes. After allowing the reaction mixture to stand overnight, the deposited crystals were collected by filtration and washed thoroughly with water. Subsequently, the crystals were dried and recrystallized from acetonitrile to obtain 169.6 g (yield: 83.6%) of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-9-oxo-xanthene-2-carbonitrile as brownish prism-like crystals having a melting point of 198° to 200° C.

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