Potassium Hydroxide → O-(2-Tert-butyl-4-formyl-5-methylphenyl) dimethylthiocarbamate

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Ten percent KOH (80 mL) was added to a mixture of 5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylbenzaldehyde (Example T 99.0 g, 515 mmol) in water (180 mL) and THF (135 mL.) The mixture was treated with a solution of N,N-dimethylthiocarbamoyl chloride (86.1 g) in THF (108 mL) over a 2-hour period with simultaneous addition of 10% KOH in order to hold the pH of the reaction mixture between 12.0 and 12.3. After approximately 70% of the dimethylthiocarbamoyl chloride-THF solution had been added, vacuum was applied to the reaction mixture to remove the THF; during this distillation, the simultaneous additions of 10% KOH and the dimethylthiocarbamoyl chloride-THF solution were continued while maintaining the pH range between 12.0 and 11.6 and the reaction temperature between 23° C. to 25° C. The distillation was continued for 10 minutes after all the dimethylthiocarbamoyl chloride solution had been added. Stirring at ambient pressure and temperature was continued for another 90 minutes, during which time the pH was stable between 11.6 and 1.75. A solution of EtOAc (150 mL) and heptane (150 mL) was added to the reaction mixture, and after stirring and settling, the layers were separated and the aqueous layer extracted with 1:1 heptane:EtOAc. The combined organic extracts were extracted with 10% KOH (2×100 mL) and water (2×90 mL) and concentrated. The residue was diluted with MeOH (120 mL). The solution was warmed to 45° C. and H2O (20 mL) was added. The solution was cooled to room temperature. 50% NaOH (170 mg) was added, and the solution was concentrated. This residue was redissolved in MeOH (120 mL) at 50° C. and H2O (15 mL) was added. The solution was cooled slowly to −5° C. with the addition of dimethylthiocarbamic acid O-(2-tert-butyl-4-formyl-5-methyl-phenyl)ester seed crystals to promote crystallization. The mixture was filtered and the solid washed with 4:1 MeOH:H2O to give the title compound, mp 80-81° C.

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