Hydrochloric Acid → Ethanone, 1-[2-methoxy-4-(methylthio)phenyl]-

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Sodium thiomethoxide (1.3 g, 18.5 mmol) in DMF (15 ml) was added to 1-(4-fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)ethanone (2.85 g, 16.9 mmol) in DMF (5 ml). The mixture was stirred for overnight at room temperature. HCl (1%) was added, the water phase was extracted with EtOAc, the combined organic phases were washed with LiCl (5%), brine and were concentrated to give the title compound (3.6 g) MS m/z (rel. intensity, 70 eV) 196 (M+, 35), 182 (11), 181 (bp), 166 (8), 136 (10).

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