Thionyl Chloride → HCID 19001988, compound

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Reaction Steps

tert-Butyl 2-[(4-nitrophenyl)amino]acetate (4.5 g) is added at a temperature in the region of 20° C. to a suspension, maintained under an argon atmosphere, of 2-[3-(3-methylphenyl)ureido]acetic acid (3.7 g) in 1,2-dichloroethane (230 cc). The reaction mixture is heated with stirring to reflux of the solvent. Sulphinyl chloride (2.12 g) is then added dropwise while refluxing is maintained. When the addition is complete, heating to reflux is continued for 10 minutes and the reaction mixture is then cooled to a temperature in the region of 10° C. and poured into a solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate (15 g) in water (300 cc). The aqueous phase is separated after settling has taken place and re-extracted with 1,2-dichloroethane (2×50 cc). The organic phases are combined, washed with water (3×20 cc), dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and then concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (2.7 kPa) at 40° C. The residue is purified by chromatography on silica (0.063-0.2 mm) (200 g) contained in a column 3.5 cm in diameter [eluent: cyclohexane/ethyl acetate (50:50 by volume)], collecting 30-cc fractions. Fractions 16-25 are combined and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (2.7 kPa) at 40° C. After recrystallisation in ethyl acetate, tert-butyl 2-{2-[3-(3-methylphenyl)ureido]-N-(4-nitrophenyl)acetamido}acetate (2.9 g), m.p. 152° C., is obtained.

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