1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethylsulfenyl chloride → HCID 13799794, compound

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A stirred mixture of 2.38 g (0.01 moles) N-(2-cyano-2-propyl)-2-methylsulfinylethylsulfonamide (Example 29), 2.85 g (0.0109 moles) of 89.9% technical 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylsulfenyl chloride and a catalytic amount (about 0.25 g) of benzyltriethylammonium chloride in 30 ml methylene chloride was warmed until a solution was obtained. To that mixture, 0.96 g of a 50% solution of sodium hydroxide which had been diluted to 5 ml was added at once. The reaction mixture was stirred at reflux for four hours, then cooled and poured into a separatory funnel. The methylene chloride layer was separated, washed three times with 25 ml water, dried and evaporated to about 10 ml. The oily residue was transferred to a 50 ml Erlenmeyer flask and then diluted with about 25 ml hexane. The white precipitate which formed was recovered by filtration and washed with hexane to give 2.85 g of a white powder. Chromatography on silica gel, followed by recrystallization from ethanol gave 1.7 g of the above-identified product as white crystals, melting point 119°-120° C.

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