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3-Trifluoromethylthiophenol: colorless liquid, H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.57 (s, 1H),
7.24–7.43 (m, 3H), 7.51 (s, 1H) (20); MS (EI): m/z (rel. int.) 178 (100), 158 (60), 145 (12), 133
(9), 114 (36), 95 (8), 82 (7), 69 (36), 57 (10), 45 (22), 28 (5).
4-Fluorothiophenol: colorless liquid, 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.43 (s, 1H), 6.94 (t, 2H,
J = 8.1 Hz), 7.23–7.27 (m, 2H) (20); MS (EI): m/z (rel. int.) 128 (100), 108 (49), 95 (7), 84 (31),
69 (14), 57 (13), 45 (10), 31 (2).
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2-Methyl-4-fluorothiophenol: colorless liquid, H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 2.32 (s, 3H),
3.20 (s, 1H), 6.75–6.81 (m, 1H), 6.86–6.90 (m, 1H), 7.20–7.25 (m 1H); 13C NMR (100 MHz,
CDCl3): δ 20.0, 112.4, 116.2, 129.2, 131.1, 143.5, 159.1; MS (EI): m/z (rel. int.) 142 (98), 109
(100), 97 (9), 83 (9), 69 (6), 57 (6), 45 (7). EI-HRMS calcd for C7H7FS (M+): 142.0252, found:
142.0255.
3-Nitrothiophenol: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.70 (s, 1H), 7.40 (t, 1H, J = 8.1 Hz), 7.56
(d, 1H, J = 8.1 Hz), 8.01 (d, 2H, J = 8.1 Hz), 8.17 (d, 1H, J = 1.9 Hz) (20); 13C NMR (CDCl3,
100 MHz): δ 120.9, 122.7, 130.4, 135.1.
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3,5-Dimethylthiophenol: H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 2.33 (s, 6H), 3.44 (s, 1H), 6.86 (s,
1H), 6.98 (s, 2H) (20); MS (EI): m/z (rel. int.) 138 (65), 123 (9), 105 (100), 91 (14), 77 (23), 63
(9), 39 (17).
2,5-Difluorothiophenol: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.70 (s, 1H), 6.79–6.84 (m, 1H), 6.97–
7.07 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 114.0, 116.4, 117.2, 121.3, 158.7, 160.1; MS (EI):
m/z (rel. int.) 146 (100), 126 (68), 101 (39). EI-HRMS calcd for C6H4F2S (M+): 146.0002, found:
146.0003.
Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the funding support by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21076183,
21006087), and the Key Innovation Group of Zhejiang Province (2009R50002).
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