Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 4-Oxo-4-(4-phenylsulfanyl-phenyl)-butyric acid

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4-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-4-oxo-butyric acid (10.0 g, 51 mmol), thiophenol (5.2 g, 51 mmol) and powdered potassium carbonate (13.8 g, 100 mmol) were added to 25 mL of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The reaction mixture was heated to 10° C. for 2 hours, then cooled and diluted by addition of 250 mL water. The aqueous mixture was extracted three times with 100 mL of EtOAc, and the combined organic layers were dried (MgSO4), and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield 11 g (38.5 mmol, 75.5%) of 4-oxo-4-(4-phenylsulfanyl-phenyl)-butyric acid as a crude solid. MS: 287 (M+H)+.

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