Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 17993205, compound

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Reaction Steps

3.78 g (20 mmol) of p-bromothiophenol, 3.04 g (20 mmol) of 1-adamantanol and 10 ml of trifluoroacetic acid are stirred at ambient temperature for 8 hours and then poured into water. Sodium bicarbonate is added until the mixture is neutral at which time it is extracted with methylene chloride. The organic phase is dried and evaporated. After recrystallization in isooctane, 5.9 g of the expected product re obtained. Yield--92%. Melting point: 121°-122° C.

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