Triethylamine → 4-(6-Bromonaphth-2-ylthio)-2-trifluoromethylbenzonitrile

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A mixture of 6-bromonaphthalene-2-thiol (956 mg) and 4-fluoro-2-trifluoromethyl benzonitrile (756 mg) in dimethylformamide (15 ml), at ambient temperature, was treated dropwise with triethylamine (504 mg). After stirring at ambient temperature for 3 hours the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (100 ml), washed with water (3×25 ml) and brine (25 ml), dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give a yellow oil. Crystallisation from methanol (20 ml) gave 4-(6-bromonaphth-2-ylthio)-2-trifluoromethylbenzonitrile (1.176 g, mp 114-116° C.;

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