Ethanethiol → HCID 21999459, compound

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Reaction Steps

Ethyl mercaptan (6.8 g, 109.7 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 60% sodium hydride (2.6 g, 65 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (80 ml) under cooling with ice, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 minutes. A solution of ethyl bromodifluoroacetate (11.2 g, 55.2 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (20 ml) was added dropwise to this solution under cooling with ice, and the resultant 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 (6.8 g; yield: 66.7%) as a colorless oil.

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