Phosphorus sulfide (P2S5) → HCID 12521655, compound

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A mixture of 0.88 g. of 6-chloro-4,9-dihydro-10H-thieno[3,4-b] [1,5] benzodiazepin-10-one and 1.0 g. of phosphorus pentasulfide in 10 ml. of dry pyridine is stirred and heated under reflux for 4 hours. The reaction mixture is concentrated to dryness and the residue is stirred with 20 ml. of 1N sodium carbonate solution (pH 7-7.2) for 18 hours. The precipitate is collected, washed with water and recrystallized from methanol to give an organic solid, m.p. 235°-237°C. (dec.).

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