Hexane → [2-(4-Isopropoxy-butyloxy)-ethyl]-piperonyl-thioether

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2.12 g (0.01 mol) of 2-piperonylthioethanol are added at room temperature over the course of 10 minutes, to a suspension of 0.48 g (0.01 mol) of 50% sodium hydride dispersion, which had been freed from the mineral oil with hexane, in 40 cc of 1,2-dimethoxy ethane. The mixture is stirred at 50° for 3 hours and a solution of 1.95 g (0.01 mol) of 1-bromo-4-isopropoxybutane in 30 cc of 1,2-dimethoxy ethane is subsequently added. The mixture is stirred at 60° over the course of 48 hours. After cooling to 20°, 100 cc of ether are added to the reaction mixture. The ether solution is extracted with saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated. The residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate (5:1), whereupon [2-(4-isopropoxy-butyloxy)-ethyl]-piperonylthioether is obtained as a slightly yellow, clear oil.

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