Water → 1-Amino-4-ethylthio-2-nitrobenzene

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2-Nitro-4-thiocyanatoaniline (17.55 g) was added portionwise to a stirred solution of potassium hydroxide (13.4 g) in ethanol (210 ml), keeping the temperature below 20° C. After 5 minutes, ethyl iodide (14.4 g) was added during five minutes. The stirring was continued for a further hour and the mixture was allowed to stand overnight. The mixture was then poured into water (1100 ml) and extracted with chloroform (3 × 300 ml). The chloroform layers were combined, washed with water (500 ml), dried over magnesium sulphate, and evaporated to give 1-amino-4-ethylthio-2-nitrobenzene (17.0 g), in the form of a red oil.

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