Sulfur Dioxide → Lithium 4-methyl-3-thiophenesulfinate

To 30 g of 3-bromo-4-methylthiophene in 150 ml of anhydrous ethyl ether under nitrogen at -70° to -75° C. was added, cautiously, during 30 minutes 111 ml of 1.6M butyl lithium in hexane. The mixture was stirred for an additional thirty minutes and then 30 ml of liquified sulfur dioxide was added at such a rate that the temperature of the reaction mixture was maintained below -70° C. Upon completion of the addition, the mixture was stirred for an additional 90 minutes at -75° C. and then allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. The resulting precipitate was filtered and washed with ethyl ether, dried in air and in vacuo under nitrogen to yield 30 g of the desired salt, m.p.>250° C.

1. temperaturewas maintained below -70° C
2. additionUpon completion of the addition
3. stirringthe mixture was stirred for an additional 90 minutes at -75° C.
4. filtrationThe resulting precipitate was filtered
5. washwashed with ethyl ether
6. customdried in air and in vacuo under nitrogen

ORD record

ord-02540b122abc4c11bf09c9fac99e056f

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1987_02

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US04645529