Sodium hydride → Tert-butyl 4-[(2-amino-1,1-dimethylethyl)thio]benzoate

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To a suspension of 1-amino-2-methyl-2-propanethiol hydrochloride (75 mg) in N,N-dimethylformamide (2 mL) is added sodium hydride (60% dispersion in mineral oil, 50 mg) and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. To the mixture is added tert-butyl 4-fluorobenzoate (50 mg) and the mixture is stirred at 70° C. for 4 hours. The reaction mixture is diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract is concentrated in vacuo and the resultant product is purified by flash column chromatography on NH-silica gel (solvent; ethyl acetate) to give tert-butyl 4-[(2-amino-1,1-dimethylethyl)thio]benzoate (54 mg, yield; 75%) as a colorless oil. MS (APCI) m/z: 282 [M+H]+

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