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gravenewworld
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I am using NaSH to make a mercaptan by refluxing a bromo pyridine in ethanol. The only thing is that my pyridine also has an amide moiety, and I am afraid of the basicity of NaSH (since S is 1 below O on the periodic table). If I reflux this reaction I am afraid I might hydrolyze off the amide, so I was wondering, how basic is NaSH compared to NaOH?