Dimethyl Sulfide → HCID 14403426, compound

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Reaction Steps

21 ml (0.29 mol) o& dimethyl sulphide and 32.5 g (0.26 mol) of dimethyl sulphate are added to 40 ml of tert.-butanol and allowed to stand at room temperature for 14 hours. A solution of 30 g (0.095 mol) of 4-chlorophenylethyl 1-phenylmercapto-cyclopropyl ketone in 90 ml of tert.-butanol are first added dropwise to the reaction mixture with stirring and 29.2 g of potassium hydroxide powder are then introduced, while the temperature of the reaction mixture is held at 20 to 30° C. The mixture is stirred for a further 3 hours at 30° C., then the dimethyl sulphide is removed under reduced pressure and the reaction mixture is then poured into 70 ml of a 1% strength aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution. The mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase is washed with water and concentrated by removing the solvent under reduced pressure after drying over sodium sulphate. In this manner, 25.6 g (82% of theory) of 2-(4-chlorophenylethyl)-2-(1-phenylmercapto-cyclopropyl)oxirane are obtained in the form of an oily product which is reacted further without additional purification. ##STR68##

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