Chloroform → HCID 53703941, compound

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1.1 gm (3 millimols) of tetrabutylammonium iodide and 3.06 gm (10 millimols) of [1-(2'-fluoro-4-biphenylyl)-ethylsulfinyl]-acetic acid (m.p. 164°-165° C.) were added to a solution of 730 mgm (13 millimols) of potassium hydroxide in 20 ml of water, then 20 ml of chloroform and 2 ml of methyl iodide were added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 hours. Afterwards, the organic phase was separated from the neutral aqueous phase, washed with dilute hydrochloric acid and then with water, dried and evaporated. The residue (3.6 gm) was purified by chromatography on 100 gm of silicagel (grain size: 0.05-0.2 mm) with cyclohexane ethyl acetate=1/4. After evaporation of the combined fractions with an Rf -value of 0.4 and recrystallization of the residue from isopropanol, 1.7 gm (53% of theory) of the title compound m.p. 75°-77° C. were obtained.

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