Potassium Hydroxide → 1-Bromo-3-[(2,2-diethoxyethyl)sulfanyl]benzene

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To a stirred solution of 3-bromothiophenol (5.0 g, 26 mmol) in DMSO (40 mL) was added a solution of KOH pellets (85% by wt, 2.15 g, 32 mmol) in water (4 mL) followed by bromoacetaldehyde diethyl acetal (4.5 mL, 29 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt for 5 d, diluted with ether (300 mL) and washed with water (3×100 mL). The combined water washes were extracted with ether (100 mL). The combined ether extracts were washed with brine (100 mL), dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to afford (3-bromophenyl)(2,2-diethoxyethyl)sulfane (8.23 g, 100%) as a colorless oil.

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