Sulfuryl chloride → Ethyl 2-chloro-2-(methylsulfanyl)acetate

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To a Stirred Solution of ethyl (methylthio)acetate (10.8 ml) in dichloromethane (300 ml) cooled to −15° C. is added dropwise sulphuryl chloride (8.1 ml). The mixture is allowed to warm to room temperature over two hours and then concentrated under reduced pressure to give crude chloro-methylsulfanyl-acetic acid ethyl ester as a colourless liquid. The product is used in the next step without further purification. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ ppm: 5.35 (1H, s); 4.25 (2H, m); 2.30 (3H, s); 1.30 (3H, t).

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