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HRID 1730296Generated: October 31, 2026

2-Butanethione → 5-Chloro-2-methylindole

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant2-ButanethioneHCID 9548692—
ReactantN,4-DichloroanilineHCID 12279953—
Product5-Chloro-2-methylindoleHCID 7063672%

Reaction Steps

This compound was prepared from N-chloro-4-chloroaniline and methylthioacetone following Method A, which gave 6.68 g (0.032 mol, 72%) of the sub-titled product: mp. 64°-64.5° (recr. from cyclohexane ir (KBr) 3350 cm-1 (NH); pmr (CCl4), 2.42 (1H,s,NH), 2.52 and 3.15 (1 resp. 2H,m,aromatic H), 7.72 and 7.90 (3H, s, CH3 and SCH3).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS03992392
Source datasetuspto-grants-1976_11
ORD IDord-590b9cfc97354c71818ff9f1474837bc
Source noteuspto-grants-1976_11