Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 18358014, compound

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Reaction Steps

2.1 ml of a 1N aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide were added dropwise to a solution of 218 mg of methyl {3-[4-(1,2-dithiolan-3-yl)butyl]ureido}acetate (prepared as described in Example 46) in 4 ml of methanol, and then the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was then allowed to stand overnight at room temperature, after which the solvent was removed from the reaction mixture by distillation under reduced pressure. Water was added to the residue. The resulting mixture was neutralized by the addition of 2N aqueous hydrochloric acid, after which it was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Ethyl acetate was removed from the extract to distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was recrystallized from a 3:1 by volume mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane, to give 64 mg of the title compound as a pale yellow powder, melting at 95 to 96° C.

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