Methanol → HCID 19782774, compound

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Under an atmosphere of nitrogen and while cooling with ice, 112 ml of tert-butyl mercaptan are added dropwise over 10 minutes to a solution, cooled to 5° C., of 80 g of sodium hydroxide in 750 ml of water. Then 50 ml of methanol are added. After 1 hour, 151 g of 2-bromo-4-chlorobutanal (89.5%) are added dropwise over 15 minutes with efficient stirring and cooling, whereupon the temperature of the reaction mixture rises from 5° to 20° C. After 30 minutes, the mixture is extracted 4 times with diethyl ether. The combined organic phases are washed twice with a saturated solution of sodium chloride and dried over magnesium sulfate. The residue obtained after concentrating the residue on a rotary evaporator is fractionated over a 30 cm packed column, affording 89 g of 1-formyl-1-tert-butylthiocyclopropane in 89% purity. Boiling point: 112°-114° C./8 400 Pa.

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