2-Aminothiophenol → Benzenamine, 2-((1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-ylmethyl)thio)-

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Sodium (1.27 g; 0.055 mol) was dissolved in absolute ethanol (50 ml) and to this was added 2-aminothiophenol (7.38 g; 0.059 mol). To the resulting solution was added 3-chloromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole (6.59 g; 0.055 mol) dropwise over 10 minutes. The resulting mixture was then stirred at ambient temperature for 30 minutes, sodium chloride removed by filtration and the filtrate was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure to give 3-(2-aminophenylthiomethyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole which was re-crystallised from isopropanol; m.p. 57°.

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