Triethylamine → alpha-(o-Fluorobenzoylthiomethyl)-beta-phenyl-gamma-butyrolactone

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To a solution of 1.2 g of o-fluorobenzoic acid and 1.5 g of α-mercaptomethyl-β-phenyl-γ-butyrolactone in 20 ml of dimethylformamide were added 1.9 ml of diphenylphosphoryl azide (DPPA) and then 1.2 ml of triethylamine under ice-cooling. Then, the mixture was raised to a room temperature and stirred for 18 hours. After completion of the reaciton, the reaction mixture was diluted with 200 ml of ethyl ether, washed with 5% hydrochloric acid, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate, and saturated saline, dried over magnesium sulfate and the solvent was then distilled off. The crude product thus obtained was purified by a silica gel column chromatography to give 1.6 g (yield 67%) of the title compound.

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