Methyl formate → 2-Methylmercaptonaphthalene

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A mixture of 30 g of potassium naphthalene-2-thiolate and 120 g of methyl formate was introduced into a 0.3 liter stirred autoclave at room temperature and heated at 150° C. for 15 hours, during which the pressure (partial pressure of CO+partial pressure of the reaction mixture) reached 210 bar. The mixture was worked up by a procedure similar to that described in Example 1 to give 23.5 g (89% of theory) of naphth-2-yl methyl thioether. ##STR3##

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