Trichloromethanesulfenyl chloride → HCID 131711935, compound

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To 4,4-dimethyl homophthalimide (5.6 g) in 200 ml dry tetrahydrofuran was added 1.73 g sodium hydride. The mixture was stirred for one hour, then 5.75 g (3.38 ml) trichloromethyl sulfenyl chloride was added dropwise. The mixture was refluxed overnight, stripped of solvent, slurried in hexane and decanted. The brown crystalline residue was purified by tlc and recrystallized in ethanol to yield 3.2 g of the brown crystalline product, m.p. 129°-130° C.

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