Potassium Hydroxide → 2-(3-Chloropropylthio)-5-nitrobenzenamine

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2-Amino-4-nitro-fluorbenzene (500 mg, 3.2 mmol), 3-chloro-1 propanethiol (354 mg, 3.2 mmol), and potassium hydroxide (269 mg, 4.8 mmol) were mixed together in ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (6.4 mL) and heated at reflux for 72 hours. The reaction was filtered and the filtercake washed with chloroform. The filtrate was concentrated and purified by flash column chromatography on 10 g if silica gel and eluted with 3% methanol in chloroform to give 2-[(3-chloropropyl)sulfanyl]-5-nitrophenylamine (130 mg, 17%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ7.49-7.48 (m, 2H), 7.38 (dd, 1H, J=7.7 Hz, J=7.7 Hz), 4.55 (s-broad, 2H), 3.64 (t, 2H, J=6.2 Hz), 3.03 (t, 2H, J=7 Hz), 2.00 (q, 2H, J=7 Hz) ppm. Mass Spec (ESI):264 (base M+H).

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