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made u p to be slightly supersaturated a t room temperature, was cooled to O " , and before crystallization could occur, 4.2 g . of finely powdered 3-S-(o-tnethylatni1iop~ien)-l)-iminopentanone-% \vas rapidly added, An immediate deep red-orange coloration follo\r.ed, and i n a few minutes a salt crystallized out, which was filtered riff after the addition of a n equal volume of dry benzene;
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vield, 5 . 8 g. Attenipts to purify this orange-colored product by &stallization or subliniation resulted in decornposition. The material was washed with dry benzene, dried for !?I lir. a t 106" (0.1 m m . ) and analyzed. Ancil. Calcd. for C3fiH.'ZSfiOl2: C , 51.1c?I:H , 3.63; S , 13.77, Found: C , 5 ( i , 5 2 ; H . :
