Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 21569107, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 0.05 moles of α-chloro-6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid and 5 g. of sodium hydrosulfide in 100 ml. of absolute ehtanol and under a nitrogen atmosphere is stirred for 15 hours. The mixture is then acidified with 6 N hydrochloric acid. The solvent is removed in vacuo and the residue is extracted into ether, washed with water, saturated sodium chloride solution, dried and evaporated to dryness to obtain α-mercapto-6-methoxy-2-naphthylacetic acid.

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