Phosphorus sulfide (P2S5) → HCID 12521656, compound

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A mixture of 0.5 g. of 7-chloro-4-methyl-4,9-dihydro-10H-thieno[3,4-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-10-one and 0.5 g. of phosphorus pentasulfide in 5 ml. of dry pyridine is stirred and heated under reflux for 4 hours. The mixture is concentrated to dryness and is stirred with 10 ml. of 1N sodium carbonate solution for 18 hours. The precipitate is collected, washed with water and recrystallized from methanol to give a yellow solid, m.p. 238°-240° C.

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