Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 14883919, compound

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9.86 Grams of methyl acetoacetate were dissolved in 15 ml of water, and 12.67 g of a 30% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added thereto by drops while cooling the mixture to 25° C. or less. After having been stirred at 30°-35° C. for 3 hours, the mixture was adjusted to pH 7.0 with a concentrated aqueous hydrochloric acid solution. Thereafter, 1.07 g of sodium isovalerate and 2.42 g of tetrabutylammonium bromide were added thereto. Then a concentrated aqueous hydrochloric acid solution was added to the mixture so that the mixture had a pH of 6.8. Further, 26.2 g of a toluene solution containing 32.7% of 3-(2-methylphenylthio)propanal was added thereto and stirred at 45°-50° C. for 9 hours. The organic layer separated from the mixture was washed with a 5% aqueous acetic acid solution and then with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution. Thereafter the layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Removing the solvent from the layer under reduced pressure gave 10.32 g of crude 4-hydroxy-6-(2-methylphenylthio)-2-hexanone (purity: 67.8%, yield: 62.1%). A purified product was obtained by column chromatography. The purified product had an nD21 of 1.5660.

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