Benzyl mercaptan → HCID 70617393, compound

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6.20 g of benzylmercaptan and 2 g of NaOH are stirred together in 25 cc of water, under a nitrogen atmosphere, for 5 minutes at which time there is added thereto a solution of 8.28 g of 1,1-diethyl-3-hydroxy azetidinium chloride in 25 cc of ethyl alcohol. The resulting mixture is heated for 1 hour at 75° C. After evaporating to dryness the product thus obtained is taken up in ether. The resulting etherified solution is then dried on sodium sulfate and neutralized by bubbling gaseous HC1 therethrough. The precipitate which forms is filtered and recrystallized in a mixture of ethyl acetate and ethanol, yielding 12.24 g of white crystals melting at 104° C.

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