Phosphate → (2RS,3RS)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3-mercapto-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2-butanol

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A solution of (2RS,3SR)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3-methyl-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methyloxirane (7.0 g), methyl 3-mercaptopropionate (30.8 ml) and 28% sodium methylate-methanol solution (19.6 ml) in methanol (210 ml) was refluxed for 2 hours. 28% Sodium methylate methanolic solution (9.8 ml) was added to the resultant solution and refluxed for 1 hour. Thereafter, methyl 3-mercaptopropionate (4 ml) was added to the resultant solution and refluxed for 2 hours. After ice-cooling, the reaction mixture was diluted with water (100 ml) and neutralized with 5% aqueous phosphate solution, and extracted with methylene chloride (200 ml×2). The extract was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and distilled off the solvent under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography (4×50cm), eluting with ethyl acetate-hexane (3:1). The collected fractions of the object compound were concentrated and ethyl ether was added to the residue to obtain (2RS,3 RS)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3-mercapto-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-2butanol (5.5 g) as colorless needles.

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