Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Bromo-2-(methylthio)benzo[b]thiophene

HRID 542772Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 542772 reaction equation
Br[C:2]1[S:6][C:5]2[CH:7]=[CH:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][C:4]=2[C:3]=1[Br:11].C([Li])CCC.[CH3:17][S:18]SC.Cl>C(OCC)C.CCCCCC>[Br:11][C:3]1[C:4]2[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][C:5]=2[S:6][C:2]=1[S:18][CH3:17]

Participants

7

Procedure

A solution of 8.76 g of 2,3-dibromobenzo[b]thiophene in 75 ml of diethyl ether was cooled to 0° C. and 19 ml of a 1.6M solution of n-butyl lithium in hexane and 10 ml of diethyl ether were added. A pink slurry formed which was stirred for one hour. A solution of 2.7 ml of methyl disulfide in 10 ml of diethyl ether was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 4 hours at 0° C. Approximately 100 ml of 1N hydrochloric acid were added and the reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with diethyl ether. The combined organic extracts were dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The resulting oil was vacuum distilled at 1.5 torr providing 1 g of the desired subtitled intermediate.

Workup

  1. customA pink slurry formed which
  2. stirringthe reaction mixture was stirred for 4 hours at 0° C
  3. customThe layers were separated
  4. extractionthe aqueous layer was extracted with diethyl ether
  5. dry with materialThe combined organic extracts were dried over magnesium sulfate
  6. customevaporated to dryness
  7. distillationdistilled at 1.5 torr

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-8e012850c99649039112604970465041
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1987_04
Patent number
US04659717

Reaction notes

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