Triethylamine → 2,6-Dichloro-4-isothiocyanatobenzonitrile

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A suspension of 4-amino-2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (500 mg, 2.67 mmol, Eq: 1.00), thiophosgene (1.35 g, 900 μl, 11.7 mmol, Eq: 4.39), triethylamine (875 mg, 1.2 ml, 8.64 mmol, Eq: 3.23) in benzene (30 ml) was heated at reflux overnight. The brown reaction mixture was concentrated and chromatographed (80 g Analogix, 0 to 5% ethyl acetate/hexane) to give 436 mg (71%) of desired product as a light brown solid.

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