Methyl 4-sulfanylbenzoate → HCID 19870511, compound

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Reaction Steps

20 ml of trifluoroacetic acid were added, whilst ice-cooling, to a mixture of 1.38 g of methyl 4-mercaptobenzoate and 1.36 g of 1-[2-hydroxy-2-(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]imidazole, and the resulting mixture was stirred at a temperature between 0° and 5° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was then treated and purified by the same method as described in Example 13, to give 2.02 g of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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