Mercaptomethylation of aromatics

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Mercaptomethylarenes 2a - f were prepared in moderate yields by facile mercaptomethylation consisting of the metalation of the corresponding aromatics 1a - f with magnesium or butyllithium / magnesium bromide diethyl etherate, followed by the addition of O-propyl chlorothioformate, and the reduction with lithium aluminum hydride or sodium borohydride.

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Mercaptomethylation of
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Tohru Nakamura a & Mutsuyoshi Matsumoto a
a Department of Molecular Engineering, National
Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, 1-1
Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
Published online: 17 Sep 2007.
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Mercaptomethylation of Aromatics, Synthetic Communications: An International
Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:2, 201-210
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