Water → 4-Nitrobenzene-1-carbothioamide

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Reaction Steps

6.06 g (15 mmol) of Lawesson reagent is added to a solution of 4.15 g (25 mmol) of 4-nitrobenzamide in 100 ml of 1,4-dioxan. The reaction mixture is heated under reflux for two hours. After the solution has returned to ambient temperature, it is poured into 150 ml of water and extracted with 5 times 100 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic solution is dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and concentrated under vacuum in order to produce a yellow oil which is purified on a silica gel column (eluant:heptane/ethyl acetate 1/1). The pure fractions are collected and concentrated under vacuum. 3.26 g of a yellow powder is obtained with a yield of 72%. Melting point: 165-167° C.

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