Cyclopentanethiol → 3-Ethyl 5-methyl 4-(cyclopentylthio)-6-(difluoromethyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate

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This compound was prepared as described in Example 108: 3 g (0.0083 mol) of product of Example 103, 1.02 g (0.01 mol) of cyclopentylmercaptan and 0.36 g (0.009 mol) of 60NaH in 50 ml of dry THF were reacted affording 3.8 g of a red oil. Crude was purified by HPLC using 1ethyl acetate/cyclohexane as eluting solvent to give 2.5 g of a light yellow oil which gas chromatography showed to be 94% pure. This material was passed through a spinning plate preparative chromatograph in two different portions of 1.25 g each (eluting solvent: 40CH2Cl2 /cyclohexane) to give, after kugelrohr distillation at 105-125° C./106 Pa, 1.95 g (55%) of product as a clear oil; nD25 1.4831.

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