Benzyl Chloride → alpha-(Ethylthio)toluene

HRID 421560Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1](Cl)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH2:9]([S-:11])[CH3:10].[Na+]>>[C:2]1([CH2:1][S:11][CH2:9][CH3:10])[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 7503Benzyl Chloride

HCID 4459711Sodium ethanethiolate

Product 1

HCID 80431alpha-(Ethylthio)toluene

Procedure

Commercially available benzyl chloride and sodium ethanethiolate are subjected to a nucleophilic substitution reaction to produce PhCH2SC2H5 after isolation and purification. In a Parr pressure vessel, 2.0 g (0.013 moles) of PhCH2SC2H5 is added to 200 ml of t-butanol. With stirring, 2.94 g (0.026 moles) of potassium t-butoxide is slowly added. The head space is flushed with an inert gas before exposure to 60 psi NO gas. The reaction is allowed to proceed at room temperature for 24 hours or until no further consumption of NO gas is observed. The resulting diazeniumdiolate salt is filtered, washed with t-butanol and diethyl ether, and vacuum dried before analysis.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-e92b082faff542b59f60668d13f7eb66
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2012_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US08101589B2

Reaction notes

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