Sodium Iodide → HCID 20362960, compound

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A mixture of the merocyanine dye of Example 9 (1 g), acetonitrile (100 ml), sodium iodide (5 g) and triethylamine (7 ml) are heated at reflux with stirring for 1 minute and chilled immediately. The dye is collected and washed sequentially with acetonitrile, water, acetonitrile and ether. After recrystallization from acetonitrile, the yield of purified dye is 0.57 g (63%).

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