Hydrogen Peroxide → HCID 13178895, compound

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Reaction Steps

In 30 ml of ethanol was dissolved 1.0 g of 4-{2-[2-(2-ethoxyphenoxy)ethylamino]-2-methylethyl}-2-(methylthio)anisole hydrochloride and then 0.5 g of an aqueous 35% hydrogen peroxide solution was added to the solution with stirring. After stirring the mixture for 18 hours at room temperature, ethanol was distilled off under reduced pressure and the remaining sticky product was dispersed in 20 ml of water and extracted with 100 ml of ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed three times each time each with 20 ml of water and after acidifying the solution with 0.2 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The remaining sticky material was applied to a silica gel column chromatography and eluted using a mixture of ethyl acetate and methanol (4:1 by volume ratio). The sticky product obtained was crystallized by the addition of 3 ml of isopropanol and the crystals thus formed were recovered by filtration to provide 0.4 g of 4-{2-[2-(2-ethoxyphenoxy)ethylamino]-2-methylethyl}-2-(methylsulfinyl)anisole hydrochloride.

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