Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 19935891, compound

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A stirred slurry of 8.4 g (0.049 mole) of 4-cyclopentyl-4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide in 50 mL of absolute ethanol was treated with 8.1 g (0.049 mole) of ethyl 2-chloroacetoacetate, stirred at ambient temperature for 18 hr, treated with 25 mL of 2N ethanolic hydrogen chloride and heated at reflux for 2 hr. The hot solution was filtered to remove amorphous sulfur and concentrated to a red oil which gave a crude solid product when triturated with acetone. After four recrystallizations; methyl ethyl ketone/2-propyl ether (twice), acetonitrile/acetone and finally from acetonitrile, there was obtained 3.2 g of crystalline product, mp 144°-146° C., as the hydrochloride salt.

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