Ammonia → Thiourea, (3-chlorophenyl)- (9CI)

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1-Chloro-3-isothiocyanatobenzene (15 g, 88 mmol) was added to a solution of 0.5 M ammonia in 1,4-dioxane (80 mL), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 0.16 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The separated organic layer was washed with saturated NaCl solution, dried over sodium sulfate and filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound (15.5 g, 89%) as a solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 9.80 (s, 1H), 7.70 (s, 1H), 7.52 (bs, 2H), 7.38-7.27 (m, 2H), 7.15 (dt, J1=7.0 Hz, J2=2.1 Hz, 1H). ESI-MS m/z: 187 (M+H)+.

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