Allyl Alcohol → N-[3-(3-Oxo-propyl)-phenyl]-methanesulfonamide

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A mixture of N-(3-iodo-phenyl)-methanesulfonamide (2.4 g, 8 mmol), tetra-n-butyl-ammonium chloride (2.22 g, 8 mmol), allyl alcohol (0.7 g, 12 mmol), sodium hydrogencarbonate (1.6 g, 19 mmol) and palladium(II)chloride (0.36 g, 1.8 mmol) in anhydrous dimethylformamide (30 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 48 h under argon. The mixture was then diluted with 5% aqueous hydrochloric acid (100 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The combined organic layers were dried (sodium sulfate) and evaporated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate in hexane, 30% to 50%) to give the title compound as an amber oil (1.1 g, 60%).

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