Water → 4-Chloro-4'-nitrodiphenyl sulfide

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A mixture of 43.5 g of p-chlorothiophenol, 47.1 g of p-chloronitrobenzene, 39.0 g of sodium carbonate, 120 ml of water and 150 ml of ethanol was heated at 100° C. for 19 hours, giving 80.0 g of 4-chloro4'-nitrodiphenylsulfide, which was then dissolved in a mixture of 400 ml of acetic acid and 100 ml of 30% hydrogen peroxide and stirred at 100° C. for one hour, giving 80.2 g of the corresponding sulfonyl derivative.

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