p-Toluenesulfonic acid → 2-(4,4'-Difluorobenzhydrylidene)-1,3,5-trithiane

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A mixture of 2.0 g of 2-{bis(4-fluorophenyl)hydroxymethyl}-1,3,5-trithiane, 0.2 g of p-toluenesulfonic acid and 50 ml of benzene was refluxed with heating for 15 minutes by means of a Dean-Stark reflux condenser. After being cooled, the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate and the extract was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution. The washed extract was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure to obtain a material, which was recrystalized from cyclohexane to give 1.7 g of the desired compound.

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