Water → 5-Chloro-2-methoxybenzene-1-thiol

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5-Chloro-2-methoxy-benzenesulfonyl chloride (1.0 g, 4.1 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (3.81 g, 14.5 mmol) were dissolved in THF (10 ml). Water (1.3 ml) was added and the mixture was stirred for 2 h at room temperature. The mixture was partitioned between 2N aqueous NaOH and diethylether. The aqueous phase was acidified to pH 1 with concentrated HCl and then extracted twice with methylene chloride. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4 and the solvent was evaporated to afford the desired product (690 mg), which was used in the next reaction step without further purification. MS m/z: 175 [M+H]+

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