Tetrahydrothiophene → Phenacyltetrahydrothiophenium bromide

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Reaction Steps

Tetrahydrothiophene (53.2 g) was dissolved in 400 ml of acetonitrile, and thereto was slowly added a solution obtained by dissolving 100 g of phenacyl bromide in 300 ml of acetonitrile, and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours, thereby a powder was precipitated. The reaction solution was poured into 1,500 ml of ethyl acetate, and the powder was filtered out and dried, thus 137 g of phenacyltetrahydrothiophenium bromide was obtained.

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