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HRID 1711127Generated: November 4, 2026

Triethylamine → Methyl 2-pyridin-2-ylsulfanylacetate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTriethylamineHCID 8471—
ReactantMethyl bromoacetateHCID 60984—
ReactantHCID 178418616HCID 178418616—
SolventAcetonitrileHCID 6342—
ProductMethyl 2-pyridin-2-ylsulfanylacetateHCID 1538813294.3%

Reaction Steps

A solution of 2-mercaptopyridine (484 mg, 4.35 mmol), methyl bromoacetate (0.45 ml, 4.8 mmol), and Et3N (0.79 ml, 5.7 mmol) in CH3CN (22 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 20 h to give (pyridin-2-ylsulfanyl)-acetic acid methyl ester as a colorless oil (752 mg, 94%) after aqueous work-up and purification.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07790747B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2010_09
ORD IDord-ed7db3d08ce44ab9ad6483509774bedd
Source noteuspto-grants-2010_09