Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 23704462, compound

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Reaction Steps

Into a dried 1L 3 neck round bottom flask fitted with a nitrogen inlet, dropping funnel, thermometer, mechanical stirring and nitrogen outlet is added chloroform (300 ml) and 7-methyltridecanol (107 g, 0.5 mol), prepared as an intermediate in Example I. Chlorosulfonic acid (61.3 g, 0.52 mol) is slowly added to the stirred mixture while maintaining 25-30° C. temperature with an ice bath. Once HCl evolution has stopped (1 hr.) slowly add sodium methoxide (25% in methanol) while keeping temperature at 25-30° C. until a aliquot at 5% concentration in water maintains a pH of 10.5. To the mixture is added methanol (1L) and 300 ml of 1-butanol. Vacuum filter off the inorganic salt precipitate and remove methanol from the filtrate on a rotary evaporator. Cool to room temperature, add 1L of ethyl ether and let stand for 1 hour. The precipitate is collected by vacuum filtration. The product is dried in a vacuum oven at 50C for 3 hrs. to obtain a white solid (76 g, 90% active by cat SO3 titration).

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