Dichloromethane → 4-Bromothioanisole

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A one-liter four-necked flask equipped with a stirrer, thermometer, dropping funnel and Liebig condenser was charged with 124.2 g (1.00 mole) of thioanisole, and 0.13 g (0.001 mole) of aluminum chloride and 200 g of dichloromethane, and 160 g (1.0 mole) of bromine was added dropwise with stirring at 5° C. over 4 hours. Thereafter, the reaction was further allowed to proceed for 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, 50 g of water was added, and phase separation was effected, whereby a 4-bromothioanisole-containing organic layer was obtained. The dichloromethane was distilled off from the organic layer obtained, whereby 203.1 g of crude 4-bromothioanisolve was obtained. The purity of the thus-obtained crude 4-bromothioanisole was 90.1% as determined by gas chromatography.

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