Acetic acid, 2-chloro-2,2-difluoro-, ethyl ester → Ethyl 2,2-difluoro-2-(methylsulfanyl)acetate

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A solution of ethyl chlorodifluoroacetate (7.9 g, 50.0 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (20 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of sodium methyl mercaptan (4.6 g, 65 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (60 ml) under cooling with ice, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was poured into ice water to conduct extraction with ether. The solvent was distilled out of the resultant extract under reduced pressure. The resultant residue was distilled under reduced pressure to obtain the intended product (3.7 g; yield: 43.2%) as a colorless oil.

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