Trimethylenedithio cyclohexanone

B. 2,2-(Trimethylenedithio)cyclohexanone. A solution of 3.02 g. (0.02 mole) of freshly distilled 1-pyrrolidinocyclohexene, 8.32 g. (0.02 mole) of trimethylene dithiotosylate4 (Note 2), and 5 ml. of triethylamine (Note 3) in 40 ml. of anhydrous acetonitrile (Note 4), is refluxed for 12 hours in a 100-ml., round-bottom flask under a nitrogen atmosphere. The solvent is removed under reduced pressure on a rotary evaporator, and the residue is treated with 100 ml. of aqueous 0.1 N hydrochloric acid for 30 minutes at 50° (Note 5). The mixture is cooled to ambient temperature and extracted with three 50-ml. portions of ether. The combined ether extracts are washed with aqueous 10% potassium bicarbonate solution (Note 6) until the aqueous layer remains basic to litmus, and then with saturated sodium chloride solution. The ethereal solution is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The resulting oily residue is diluted with 1 ml. of benzene and then with 3 ml. of cyclohexane. The solution is poured into a chromatographic column (13 x 2.5 cm.), prepared with 50 g. of alumina (Note 7) and a 3 1 mixture of cyclohexane and benzene. With this solvent system, the desired product moves with the solvent front, and the first 250 ml. of eluent contains 95% of the total product. Elution with a further 175 ml. of solvent removes the remainder. The combined fractions are evaporated, and the pale yellow, oily residue crystallizes readily on standing. Recrystallization of this material from pentane gives 1.82 g. of white crystalline 2,2-(trimethylenedithio)cyclo-hexanone, m.p. 52-55° (45% yield) (Note 8). 

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