Potassium Carbonate → 4-(1,3-Dioxan-2-yl)-3-(propan-2-ylsulfanyl)benzonitrile

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The reaction was carried out under argon. 4-(1,3-Dioxan-2-yl)-3-fluorobenzonitrile (5.51 g, 27 mmol) and sodium 2-propanethiolate (2.90 g, 26.6 mmol, purity 90%; 1 eq.) were initially charged in DMF (125 ml). Potassium carbonate (9.19 g, 66.5 mmol; 2.5 eq.) was added at RT, and the mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 4 h. TLC control then showed complete conversion. The reaction mixture was concentrated and the residue was subjected to flash chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase: cyclohexane→cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 4:1). The title compound was isolated as a solid (6.72 g, 96% of theory).

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