Sulfuric Acid → 2-(Trichloromethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole

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Reaction Steps

6.4 parts by weight of 2,5-bis-trichloromethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole is heated in 30 parts by volume of 91% sulfuric acid for 6 minutes at 175° to 185° C. The reaction mixture is subsequently poured carefully on to ice and the precipitated solid is filtered off. The reaction product is washed with water and treated with 20 parts by volume of methanol, and the minor amounts of undissolved starting material are filtered off. Concentration of the methanolic solution gives 3.4 parts (83% of theory) of 2-trichloromethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole having a melting point of 58° C.

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