2-Mercaptoethanol → HCID 178472918, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Ethyl 4-chloro-2-hydroxyimino-3-oxo-butyrate (340 g.) is dissolved in chloroform (1.5 liters) and 2-mercapto-ethanol (126 cc.) is then added. Triethylamine (248 cc.) dissolved in chloroform (1 liter) is added to the resulting solution at about 20° C., over the course of 30 minutes. The reagents are left in contact for 15 hours whilst stirring at about 20° C. Then the reaction mixture is washed with water (200 cc.) followed by 2 N hydrochloric acid (200 cc.) and finally four times with water (a total of 1 liter). The organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate treated with decolourising charcoal, filtered and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (20 mm.Hg). Ethyl 4-(2-hydroxy-ethylthio)-2-hydroxyimino-3-oxo-butyrate (321 g.) is thus obtained in the form of an oil which gradually solidifies.

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