4-Toluenesulfonyl chloride → N-(4-chloromethyl-2-nitrophenylmethyl)acetamide

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To a solution of N-(4-hydroxymethyl-2-nitrophenylmethyl)acetamide (9.1 g), triethylamine (6.2 ml) and dimethylaminopyridine (0.99 g) in dichloromethane (150 ml)-tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was added p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (8.5 g) under ice-cooling. This mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hr. The reaction mixture was washed with water and saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to give a yellow oil (15.5 g). The obtained yellow oil was purified by silica gel column chromatography (developing solvent; chloroform:methanol=20:1) to give the title compound (12 g) as a pale-brown solid (7.8 g).

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