Benzenesulfonyl chloride → 4-Bromo-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-indole

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Reaction Steps

Sodium hydride (2.8 g, 60%, 70.4 mmol) was washed with heptane to remove the mineral oil prior reaction. The sodium hydride was mixed with THF (250 mL) and cooled on an ice bath before 4-bromoindole (4.6 g, 23.5 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 15 minutes before benzenesulfonyl chloride (6.22 g, 35.2 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at RT ON. Ice and water was added followed by EtOAc. The phases were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with EtOAc twice. The combined organic phases were dried (MgSO4) before the solvent was evaporated. The obtained crude product was pure enough to be used in the next step. Got 8.52 g of an oil which solidified on standing, yield 100%. MS (ESI+) for C14H10BrNO2S m/z 336 (M+H)+.

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