Water → 1-(2-Sulfanylethyl)pyrrolidine-2,5-dione

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

In a 100 cm3 reactor fitted with a water separator (Dean Stark) there is heated to a temperature of 140° C. a mixture, stirred under an inert atmosphere, of 20 g of N-(2-mercapto ethyl) succinamic acid in 50 cm3 of xylene. After about 5 hours of reaction, the theoretical amount of water (2 cm3) is removed. The xylene is then distilled under reduced pressure. The crude product is dried and 18 g of a pasty product are obtained which slowly crystallizes at ambient temperature, its characteristics being the same as those of the product prepared following the procedures in section (a) immediately above.

Provenance & Evidence