Pyridine → HCID 12963243, compound

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A solution of 27.2 g of sulfuryl chloride in 50 ml of dry carbon tetrachloride was added dropwise to a cold (ice-salt bath) solution of 25 g of 4-methylbenzenethiol in 50 ml of carbon tetrachloride containing a few drops of pyridine. The solution was stirred for 0.5 hour at ice-salt bath temperature, allowed to warm to room temperature, then heated under gentle reflux for 0.5 hour. The solution was filtered through a layer of anhydrous sodium sulfate and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure. The red liquid residue was distilled to give 24.1 g of 2-methylbenzenesulfenyl chloride, b.p. 67°-69° at 2 mm, nD25 1.6015.

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