Water → Benzene, 2-bromo-1-fluoro-4-[(trifluoromethyl)thio]-

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3-Bromo-4-fluorobenzenethiol (2.071 g, 10 mmol) in dimethylformamide (10 mL) was treated with 60% sodium hydride (0.480 g, 12.00 mmol). The solution was stirred for 10 minutes at room temperature. Trifluoroiodomethane (2.74 g, 14.00 mmol) was released into a balloon with a three-way stopcock. The balloon was then put onto the flask and trifluoroiodomethane was released into the reaction. After 1 hour, all the content in the balloon was gone. And the balloon was filled with 2.74 g of trifluoroiodomethane again. The reaction mixture was stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water, and extracted with ethyl acetate several times. The combined organic layers were washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The resulting oil was used directly in the next reaction.

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