Methyl iodide → 1,3-Difluoro-5-(methylsulfanyl)benzene

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Methyl iodide (2.91 g, 20.5 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of 3,5-difluorobenzenethiol (2.00 g, 13.7 mmol) and potassium carbonate (5.67 g, 41.0 mmol) in dry MeCN (24 mL) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 2 h. After cooling, the mixture was filtered under vacuum, washed with MeCN and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the sub-title compound, which was used directly in the next step without further purification (1.74 g, 80%).

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