4-Hydroxybenzoic acid hydrazide → HCID 136041855, compound

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Mercury (II) oxide yellow (6.38 g, 29.47 mmol) was suspended in ca. 70 mL of anhydrous methanol. 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid hydrazide (4.48 g, 29.47 mmol) was added to this bright-orange suspension, followed by 4-chlorophenylisothiocyanate (5.0 g, 29.47 mmol). The reaction mixture was brought to reflux and refluxed for 2 hours. The reaction mixture turned pitch-black in color and formed black precipitate. Then it was cooled down to ambient temperature and filtered through a short pad of Celite, then through a short pad of silica gel. Then methanol was removed in vacuo and the resulting grey precipitate was re-crystallized from ca. 40 mL of EtOAc. The formed white precipitate was filtered, washed with a small amount of EtOAc and dried in vacuo to give the title product as a white powder.

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