Methyl iodide → (4-Bromo-3-methylphenyl)(methyl)sulfane

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To a solution of 4-bromo-3-methylbenzenethiol (5.47 g, 26.9 mmol) in DMF (25 mL) was added NaH (0.743 g, 32.3 mmol) at RT. After 15 minutes at RT, the solution was cooled to 0° C. and iodomethane (2.02 ml, 32.3 mmol) was added. The cooling bath was removed and the mixture was allowed to warm up to RT. After 1 hour, water was added and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give 5.81 g of (4-bromo-3-methylphenyl)(methyl)sulfane as a pale yellow oil.

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