Dimethylformamide → 3-(Ethylthio)picolinonitrile

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0.9 mL of ethanethiol was added to a mixture of 1.39 g of 3-chloropyridine-2-carbonitrile and 10 mL of DMF, 0.52 g of 60% sodium hydride (oil-based) was added to the reaction mixture under ice cooling, and then the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was poured to water, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was applied to a silica gel column chromatography to obtain 1.52 g of 3-ethylsulfanylpyridine-2-carbonitrile.

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