Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 5162979, compound

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Reaction Steps

Diketene (42 g, 0.5 mol) was mixed with ca. 200 ml of ice and water in a 2 l., 3-neck flask. A solution of t-butylamine (37.5 g, 0.5 mol) in water (150 ml) was added gradually with stirring and more ice was added as needed to keep the reaction at or below 20°. The solution was stirred for 20 minutes after completing the addition, acidified with concentrated HCl (400 ml), and cooled to 10° with an ice/acetone bath. Aqueous sodium hypochlorite ("Chlorox", 750 ml, 0.5 mol) was then added dropwise with rapid mechanical stirring. The product was filtered out, washed with water and air-dried for several hours to give 78.5 g (81.8%) of colorless solid.

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