Sodium methanethiolate → Ethyl 2-(methylsulfanyl)-1,3-benzothiazole-6-carboxylate

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To a solution of ethyl 2-bromobenzo[d]thiazole-6-carboxylate (4.8 g, 16.8 mmol) from Step 1 of Example 2 in THF (100 mL) was added sodium thiomethoxide (1.74 g, 25.2 mmol) slowly at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The mixture was diluted with Et2O (200 mL) and washed with saturated aq NaHCO3 and brine. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure to give ethyl 2-(methylthio)benzo[d]thiazole-6-carboxylate as a white solid (4.18 g, 98%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.48 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 8.11 (dd, J=1.6, 8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.87 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 4.41 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 2.82 (s, 3H), 1.42 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H) LCMS (ESI) m/z 254 (M+H)+.

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