Methanethiol → HCID 152460, compound

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To a 500 ml four-necked flask equipped with a stirrer, a thermometer, and a condenser, 46.3 g (0.2 mol) of N-phenyl-2-chlorobenzamide obtained in Production Example 1, 100 g of toluene, and 9.3 g of an aqueous solution of 50% by weight tetra-n-butylammonium bromide are placed. Separately, 12.0 g (0.30 mol) of sodium hydroxide and 113.7 g of water are placed into another container under a nitrogen gas atmosphere, and 14.5 g (0.30 mol) of methanethiol are added to the above mixture at room temperature over about 1 hour to prepare 140.2 g of sodium salt solution of methanethiol. 140.2 g (0.3 mol) of the aqueous solution of sodium methyl mercaptan thus prepared is added to the mixture containing N-phenyl-2-chlorobenzamide described above at 80° C. while stirring, to be allowed to react with each other under reflux for 1 hour. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature to precipitate white crystals, which are washed with water and then with toluene and dried, to give 46.2 g of N-phenyl-2-(methylthio)benzamide (melting point 148 to 149° C.). The yield of the product against N-phenyl-2-chlorobenzamide is 95%.

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