Sulfuric Acid → N-[(3-Bromophenyl)(phenyl)methylene]-2,6-diisopropylaniline

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In 25 mL Claisens flask in an argon atmosphere, a mixture of 5.22 g (20.0 mmol) of 16, 5.00 g (24.0 mmol) of Si(OEt)4, and 3.90 g (22.0 mmol) of 2,6-diisopropylaniline was heated to 170° C., and then 0.13 mL of 96% H2SO4 was added. This mixture was stirred at this temperature for 50 hr, and the formed ethanol was slowly distilled off. Later, 300 mL of cold water was added, and the product was extracted with 2×70 mL of diethyl ether. The combined extract was dried over K2CO3 and then evaporated to dryness. The product was isolated by flash-chromatography on silica gel 60 (40-63 um, eluent: from hexanes to hexanes-diethyl ether, 100:1, vol.). This procedure gave 7.06 g (84%) of the title product 17.

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