Phosphoric Acid → HCID 14978401, compound

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of (2S,3R)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3-methyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methyloxirane (30 mg), methyl 3-mercaptopropionate (0.09 ml) and 28% sodium methoxide-methanol (0.08 ml) in methanol (2 ml) was refluxed for 2 hours, after which 28% sodium methoxide-methanol (0.04 ml) was added and the mixture was refluxed for another hour. Then, methyl 3-mercaptopropionate (0.04 ml) was added and the mixture was further refluxed for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled, diluted with water (2 ml), neutralized with 5% aqueous phosphoric acid solution and extracted with methylene chloride (3 ml×2). The extract was dried over anhydrus sodium sulfate and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to silica gel chromatography (1×5 cm) using ethyl acetate-hexane (3:1) as the eluent. The desired fraction was concentrated and the residue was crystallized from ethyl acetate-isopropyl ether to give (2S,3S)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3-mercapto- 1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-butanol (compound 42:11 mg) as colorless prisms.

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