Ammonium Sulfite → 2-Amino-6-bromonaphthalene

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Reaction Steps

6-Bromo-2-naphthol (2.0 g, 9 mmol), ammonium sulfite (10.4 g, 90 mmol) and 10 mL of ammonia solution were sealed in a tube. The reaction mixture was heated at 190° C. for 24 hrs and allowed to cool to room temperature, the reaction mixture was extracted with EtOAc. HCl (10%) was added to the organic layer to give a precipitate. After filtration, the solid was dissolved in 10% of Na2CO3 and extracted with EtOAc, the organic layer was dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give the product as yellow solid (0.67 g, 33%). MS [M++43]=265, LC-MS: tR=2.14 min.

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