Kojic Acid → HCID 59299997, compound

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A mixture of kojic acid (28.4 g, 0.20 mole), 300 mL of 2-butanone, potassium carbonate powder (27.6 g, 0.20 mole), potassium iodide (1.66 g, 0.01 mole), and 1-(2-chloro-ethyl)-pyrrolidine (26.7 g, 0.20 mole) is stirred at a gentle reflux overnight. The reaction mixture is cooled, filtered, washed with acetone and the filtrate evaporated. Water is added and extracted with chloroform (3×100 mL) and ethyl acetate (6×100 mL). The combined organics were dried with sodium sulfate and passed through a pad of magnesol and silica gel eluting with ethyl acetate. The eluate is evaporated in vacuo and crystallized with hexane/ethyl acetate (2/1) to give an off-white solid, 3.05 g, (6%); MS (ES+): m/z 240.3 (M+H).

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