1-Propanol → 2-(Propylsulfanyl)naphthalene

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50 g (0.31 mole) of naphth-2-yl mercaptan were introduced into a solution of 29.5 g (0.36 mole) of sodium n-propanolate and 800 ml (10.6 moles) of n-propanol, and the mixture was heated from 25° to 150° C. in the course of 60 minutes under a carbon monoxide pressure of 300 bar in a 1.2 liter stirred autoclave, and then kept at this temperature for 10 hours. The mixture which emerged from the reactor was distilled to give 58.8 g (95% of theory) of naphth-2-yl n-propyl thioether of boiling point 115°-120° C./0.6 mbar.

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