Vinyl Acetate → 1-Acetoxyethyl dithiobenzoate

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A mixture of dithiobenzoic acid (4 g), vinyl acetate (10 mL) and carbon tetrachloride (15 mL) was heated at 70° C. for 16 hours. The resultant mixture was reduced and the residue purified by column chromatography (aluminium oxide column (activity III), n-hexane eluent) to give 1-acetoxyethyl dithiobenzoate (6) (3.21 g, 51.5% yield) as a dark red oil. 1H-nmr (CDCl3) d (ppm): 1.80 (d, 3H); 2.09 (s, 3H); 6.75 (q, 1H); 7.34-7.60 (m, 3H) and 7.97 (m, 2H).

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