Potassium Carbonate → 2-(Cyclopropylthio)-5-nitrobenzaldehyde

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Freshly prepared cyclopropyl thiol in THF/diethyl ether (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114(9), 3497) was added to 2-fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde (3.4 g, 20 mmol, 1.0 eq.) and K2CO3 (4.83 g, 35 mmol) in DMF (20 mL). The mixture was stirred at 45° C. for 1.0 h and at rt over night. It was diluted with EtOAc and washed with water. The aqueous was extracted with EtOAc and the combined organic layers were washed with brine and dried over Na2SO4. After evaporation of solvent, the crude was tritutated with EtOAc/hexanes (70/120). The solid was collected to give 76A (3.2 g). The filtrate was condensed and triturated again to give a second crop of 76A (0.5 g, total yield 85%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 0.74-0.83 (m, 2H) 1.20-1.28 (m, 2H) 2.13-2.19 (m, 1H) 7.95 (d, J=9.23 Hz, 1H) 8.33 (dd, J=8.79, 2.64 Hz, 1H) 8.62 (d, J=2.64 Hz, 1H) 10.15 (s, 1H).

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