4-Methoxybenzoic Acid → Benzyl 4-methoxybenzene-1-carbodithioate

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A mixture of 4-methoxybenzoic acid (1.52 g), benzyl mercaptan (1.24 g) and phosphorus pentasulfide (4.44 g) in toluene (40 ml) was refluxed for 12 h. A dark red color was developed immediately after heating. After the reaction was complete (as monitored by GC-MS), it was cooled to room temperature and purified by a column chromatography packed with neutral alumina, eluting with benzene. Removal of the solvent by distillation gave the single compound, benzyl-4-methoxydithiobenzoate (1.89 g, 69%). It was further characterized by 1H and 13C-NMR.

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