4-Toluenesulfonyl chloride → Chromanone

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p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride (52.5 g, 275 mmol) was added to a solution of chroman-4-one oxime (44.9 g, 275 mmol) in pyridine (275 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 12 hours at room temperature. Solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was partitioned between water and chloroform. The organic layer was washed with 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was washed with diisopropylether, and dried to afford chroman-4-one O-p-toluenesulfoxime (85.1 g, 268 mmol, 97%) as white crystals.

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