Triphenylsilanethiol → (2,4-Difluoro-5-nitrophenethylthio)triphenylsilane

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A flask was charged with triphenylsilanethiol (12 g, 41 mmol), and 1,5-difluoro-2-nitro-4-vinylbenzene (5 g, 27 mmol) in benzene (80 mL), and then (E)-2,2′-(diazene-1,2-diyl)bis(2-methylpropanenitrile) (1.3 g, 8.1 mmol) was added. The mixture was refluxed for 1 hour, then cooled to ambient temperature and concentrated. The residue was purified using silica gel column chromatography with 10% acetone in hexanes to provide (2,4-difluoro-5-nitrophenethylthio)triphenylsilane (13 g, 27 mmol, 100% yield).

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