Phenothiazine → 10-Acetylphenothiazine

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The 10-acetylphenothiazine of formula (5) was synthesized by the following method. A 200-ml four-neck flask was loaded with 19.93 g (0.1 mole) of phenothiazine, 15.31 g (0.15 mole) of acetic anhydride, and 40 g of xylene, and the contents were subjected to heating under reflux conditions for 6 hours. The reaction liquid was cooled, the precipitate was separated by filtering, and the product washed with methanol. As a result, 22.6 g of 10-acetylphenothiazine having a molecular weight of 241.3 were obtained.

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