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A variety of ethyl aryl sulfides (1) react with benzyne, with evolution of ethylene, to give phenyl aryl sulfides (3) in excellent yields, thus providing a general synthesis of 3 from arenethiols since 1 are quantitatively obtainable from arenethiols and ethyl bromide.
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Nakayama et al. (1983) studied this question.
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