purified by washing with ice-cold EtOH. After drying in air under
ambient conditions, the product appeared as lustrous olive sheets.
Yield: 0.1617 g, 47.93%; m.p.: explosive at 213 C. Anal. Calcd for
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C
36
H
40
N
6
O
6
ClFe: C, 58.11; H, 5.42; N, 11.30. Found: C, 57.72; H,
5
2
.64; N, 11.09. FAB-MS: m/z 644. FT-IR (KBr disc): 3098, 3076,
964, 2908, 2868, 1602, 1578, 1368, 1108, 1090, 1076, 624 cm .
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