Sodium → HCID 20220430, compound

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A solution of 4.6 g of 3-p-cyanobenzylmercapto-2-formyl-5-(4-pentylcyclohexyl)-thiophene in 25 ml of ethanol is added dropwise, at room temperature and in the course of 5 minutes, to an alcoholate solution prepared from 1.9 g of sodium and 60 ml of ethanol, and the mixture is then boiled for 5 hours. The usual working-up procedure gives 2-p-cyanophenyl-5-(4-pentylcyclohexyl)-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene.

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