Cesium carbonate → 2-(3-Bromo-phenylsulfanyl)-ethanol

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A mixture of 3-bromobenzenethiol (1.5 g, 7.93 mmol), 2-bromoethanol (1.19 g, 9.52 mmol) and Cs2CO3 (5.16 g, 15.8 mmol) in DMF (10 ml) was heated to 50° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and filtered. The filtrate was washed with water and dried. The crude product was purified by column chromatography to afford the titled compound (1.5 g, 81%). 1HNMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.12 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 3.77 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 7.14 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.26-7.34 (m, 2H), 7.51 (s, 1H).

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