tert-Butyl mercaptan → O-(1-Chloroethyl) S-tert-Butyl Thiocarbonate

A solution of tert-butyl thiol (180 g, 2 mol) and 1-chloroethyl chloroformate (284 g, 2 mol) in CH2Cl2 (1 L) was cooled to 0° C. in an ice-water bath. N-Methylmorpholine (212.1 g, 2.1 mol) was added dropwise over a period of 1 h and the reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature for 16 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with excess CH2Cl2 (2 L), washed with water (2×1 L), saturated bicarbonate solution (1 L) and brine (1 L), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by vacuum distillation (135° C./20 Torr) to provide the title compound (3) as a colorless liquid (350 g, 89%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): δ 1.50 (s, 9H), 1.79 (d, J=6 Hz, 3H), 6.57 (q, J=5.6 Hz, 1H).

1. washwashed with water (2×1 L), saturated bicarbonate solution (1 L) and brine (1 L)
2. dry with materialdried over anhydrous sodium sulfate
3. filtrationfiltered
4. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo
5. distillationThe residue was purified by vacuum distillation (135° C./20 Torr)

ORD record

ord-8f2e4612eb9741f8a239877a6052a41d

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2007_06

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07227028B2