Chloroacetic Acid → HCID 86751715, compound

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288 mg (1 mmole) of shikonin, 226 mg (1.1 mmole) of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 30 mg (0.25 mmole) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine were dissolved in 3ml of dry dichloromethane. To the resulting solution was added 94.5 mg (1 mmole) of monochloroacetic acid at 0° C. under nitrogen gas, and the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes and then at room temperature for further 3 hours. The resulting product was separated and purified according to the procedure as described in Example 1 to obtain 218 mg (Yield: 60%) of the title compound having the following structure as a red oil.

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