Ethyl Acetate → Methyl 4-(2-formylphenylthio)butyrate

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Under an argon atmosphere, 2-fluorobenzaldehyde (3 g) was dissolved in 9 ml of dimethylformamide and potassium carbonate (5.01 g) was added. Methyl 4-mercaptobutyrate (4.5 ml) was added at room temperature and-was stirred at room temperature for 14 hours. After the addition of 50 ml of ethyl acetate, the mixture was washed with 30 ml of water twice, 3 ml of a 1N hydrochloric acid, and 30 ml of water three times. After drying with anhydrous sodium sulfate, the mixture was concentrated. The concentrated matter was subjected to silica gel chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=6/1) purification. The resulting effective fractions were concentrated to yield methyl 4-(2-formylphenylthio)butyrate (5.45 g, Yield 95%).

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