Ethyl bromopyruvate → HCID 10812182, compound

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A mixture of 4-chloro-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]benzenecarboximidamide (Example 1, step 1) (1.00 g, 3.34 mmol), sodium bicarbonate (544 mg, 6.47 mmol), and ethyl bromopyruvate (1.40 g, 7.19 mmol) in 50 ml of isopropanol was stirred at reflux for 7 hours. After cooling, the mixture was evaporated. The residue was partitioned between dichloromethane and water, and the aqueous layer further extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated. Chromatography of the residue over silica gel using mixtures of ethyl acetate and toluene as eluents gave the title compound as a pale yellow solid: mp (DSC) 162° C. Anal. Calc'd. for C19H19ClN2O5S (MW 422.89): C, 53.96; H, 4.53; N, 6.62. Found: C, 53.99, H, 4.49; N, 6.42.

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