Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 15700630, compound

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Reaction Steps

34.2 g (0.13 mol) of 3-formamido-3-methylamino-2-phenyl-benzo(b)thiophene are refluxed with stirring for 4 hours with 300 milliliters of HCl at 25%. After cooling, it is diluted in water, made alkaline by sodium hydroxide solution and stirred with CH2Cl2. After the organic phase has been extracted several times 2 N NaOH 7.4 g (26% of theory) of 2-phenyl-thioindole are isolated. By evaporating the solution of CH2Cl2 dried over K2CO3, the 3-methylamino-2-phenyl-benzo(b)thiophene is obtained in the form of a crude oily product. It is dissolved in a little CHCl3 and converted into the hydrochloride by hydrochloric gas: 20.2 g (57% of theory) of colourless prisms in a mixture of ethanol and ether, decomposition from 198° C. (in a sealed tube).

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