Abstract Diazotization of 4-fluoroanthranilic acid (V) and the following reaction with sodium disulfide gave the dithio diacid VII which was reduced with lithium aluminium hydride to 4- fluoro-2-mercaprobenzyl alcohol (XI). Its reaction with 2-chloro-5-iodothiophene afforded the alcohol XIII which was transformed via the chloride XIV and the nitrile XV to [2-(5-chloro-2- thienylthio)-4-fluorophenyl] acetic acid (XVI). Cyclization with phosphorus pentoxide in ...