Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(4-Hydroxybenzyl)-3-triphenylmethylthiazolidine-2,4-dione

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A solution of 2.99 g of a 28% w/v methanolic solution of sodiumamethoxide in 10 ml of methanol was added dropwise, whilst ice-cooling, to a solution of 7.86 g of 5-(4-acetoxybenzyl)-3-triphenylmethyl-thiazolidine-2,4-dione [prepared as described in step (c) above] in 70 ml of toluene, and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, after which it was allowed to stand overnight at the same temperature. The pH of the reaction mixture was then adjusted to a value of 4 by the addition of 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was then removed by distillation under reduced pressure, and the crystals which appeared in the residue were collected, washed with hexane and dried, to give 6.0 g of the title compound.

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