Water → HCID 455187, compound

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10 mmol 2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-benzoic acid were dissolved in 100 ml of xylene and, after addition of 20 mmol cysteamine, as well as a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulphonic acid, heated for 2 h under reflux on a water separator. The solvent was then removed in a vacuum and the residue recrystallised from ethanol. Yield 53%, m.p. 163° C.

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