Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Mercapto-1-(N-p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonylacetimidoyl)pyrrolidine

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A solution of 30 g of 3-acetylthio-1-(N-p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonylacetimidoyl)pyrrolidine in 1000 ml of methanol was cooled to -10° C. A solution of sodium methoxide in methanol (prepared from 1.8 g of sodium) was then added dropwise to the cooled solution, after which the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes, whilst gradually raising the temperature to 0° C. At the end of this time, 65.2 ml of 10% w/v hydrochloric acid were added to the reaction mixture, which was then concentrated to half of its original volume by evaporation in vacuo. A saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride was added to the concentrate and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride and then dried, after which the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by chromatography through a column of silica gel, eluted with a 2:1 by volume mixture of benzene and ethyl acetate, to give 20 g of the title compound.

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