Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(4-Bromo-2-nitro-phenylsulfanyl)-phenol

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A mixture of 4-bromo-1-fluoro-2-nitrobenzene (0.44 g, 2.0 mmol), 4-mercaptophenol (0.303 g, 2.4 mmol), and cesium carbonate (1.56 g, 4.8 mmol, 2.4 eq) in dimethylformamide (10 mL) was heated in a 100° C. oil bath for 3 hours and then cooled to room temperature. The reaction mixture was poured over ice water (50 mL), adjusted to pH 3 by the addition of 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid, and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to provide the title compound as a thick yellow oil (0.70 g, >100%) that was utilized without further purification.

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