Isopropyl iodide → HCID 15925265, compound

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A suspension of 10-[(2RS)-1-ethylamino-2-propyl]-2-phenothiazinecarbonitrile (4.5 g), 2-iodopropane (7.2 cc) and sodium carbonate (4.6 g) in dry dimethylformamide (60 cc) is heated for 34 hours at a temperature in the region of 150° C. After cooling, the mixture is concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (5 mm Hg; 0.68 kPa) at 40° C. The residue is taken up with ethyl acetate (200 cc), washed with distilled water (3×100 cc), dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (30 mm Hg; 4 kPa) at 40° C. The residual brown oil is purified by chromatography on a column (height: 25 cm; diameter: 4 cm) of silica gel (0.04-0.063 mm) under a slight excess pressure of nitrogen (40 kPa), eluting with a mixture (75:25 by volume) (500 cc) of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane and collecting 60-cc fractions. The combined fractions 3 to 7 are concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (30 mm Hg; 4 kPa) at 40° C. 10-{(2RS)-1-[N-Ethyl-N-(1-methylethyl)amino]-2-propyl}-2-phenothiazinecarbonitrile (2.37 g) is thereby obtained in the form of an orange oil.

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