alpha-Chloro-m-nitrotoluene → Methyl(3-nitrobenzyl)sulfane

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Sodium methanethiolate (13.5 g; 192 mmol) was added in two portions to a stirred solution of 1-(chloromethyl)-3-nitrobenzene (30.0 g; 175 mmol) in ethanol (360 mL) at −15° C. The cold bath was removed and the batch was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The batch was diluted with brine and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×). The combined organic phases were washed with water, dried (sodium sulfate), filtered and concentrated to give the desired product (32.2 g) that was used without further purification.

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