Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 57236009, compound

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Hydrogen peroxide (0.5 mL of a 30% by weight solution) was added to a mixture of the benzonitrile (0.50 g, 1.4 mmol), 0.7 mL of 10N aqueous sodium hydroxide and 3 mL of ethanol. The reaction was exothermic with gas evolution and formation of a white precipitate. After a few minutes, the mixture was carefully heated under a reflux condenser in an oil bath at 60° C. for three hours. After cooling to room temperature, 6N aqueous hydrochloric acid was added to adjust the pH to 8. The mixture was evaporated to dryness under vacuum, and the residue was extracted between ethyl acetate and pH 8 buffer solution. The organic layer was washed with pH 8 buffer and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated to give 0.42 g (79%) of (±)-3-((αR*)-α-((2S*,5R*)-4-allyl-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)-3-hydroxybenzyl)benzamide as a bright yellow solid.

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