3-Bromo-o-toluidine → 2-Methyl-3-(methylthio)benzenamine

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At 20° C., 4.3 g (61.81 mmol) of sodium thiomethoxide were added with stirring and ice-cooling to 10 g (53.75 mmol) of 3-bromo-2-methylaniline in 100 ml of N-methylpyrrolidine. After addition of 200 mg of copper powder, the reaction mixture was transferred into an autoclave and stirred at 240° C. for 16 h. The reaction solution was subsequently poured into 300 ml of ice-water and extracted 3× with methyl tert-butyl ether. The organic extracts were washed with water, dried and concentrated. The residue was chromatographed over silica gel using methylene chloride, giving 1.7 g (20.6% of theory) of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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