Sodium methanethiolate → 6-Methylsulfanylbenzo[b]thiophene

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A mixture of 6-bromobenzo[b]thiophene (2.0 g, 9.4 mmol) and sodium thiomethoxide (1.30 g, 18.8 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) is stirred at 90° C. under nitrogen for 6 hours. The reaction is cooled to room temperature, extracted with ethyl acetate and saturated aqueous sodium chloride, washed with 2 N aqueous NaOH solution, saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and evaporated. The residue is purified by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate:hexanes 3:7, to give the title product as a red liquid (1.41 g) which is used for next reaction without further purification.

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