Chloromethyl methyl sulfide → 2-Methyl-3-(((methylthio)methyl)thio)furan

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Into a 25 ml round bottom flask equipped with magnetic stirrer, thermometer, water bath, and reflux condenser is added a solution containing 0.27 g of sodium methoxide (0.005 moles) in 3 ml. absolute methanol. While maintaining the solution at 25° - 30° C., 0.57 g (0.005 moles) of 2-methyl-3-furan thiol in 2 ml of absolute methanol is added thereto. At 25° C., 0.483 g (0.005 moles) of chloromethyl methyl sulfide having the formula:

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