Thionyl Chloride → 1-Benzyl-2-chloro-3-phenylthioindole

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A solution of thionyl chloride (0.03 ml, 0.054 g, 0.45 mmol) in dry dichloromethane (5 ml) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 1-benzyl-3-phenylsulfinylindole (0.150 g, 0.45 mmol) in dry dichloromethane (20 ml), containing suspended sodium bicarbonate (1 g), maintained at 0° C. One half hour after the addition was completed the reaction was quenched with a saturated solution of aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The organic phase was separated, combined with a dichloromethane extract of the aqueous phase and the combined organic phases were dried and evaporated in vacuo. Crystallization of the residue from dichloromethane/hexane gave the title product.

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