Phosphate → 4-(4-Bromophenoxy)benzene-1-sulfonyl chloride

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To a solution of 12.45 g (50 mmol) of 4-bromobiphenyl ether in 50 mL of dichloromethane at -5° C. was added 9.9 mL (17.4 g, 150 mmol) of chlorosulfonic acid dropwise. After the addition was complete, the reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature for one hour (needed to completely convert the initially formed sulfonic acid to the sulfonyl chloride). The reaction mixture was added to cold pH 7 phosphate buffer (ca. 0.5M) and twice extracted with 50 mL of dichloromethane. The organic extracts were combined and washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated. Addition of hexane to the residual syrup and re-concentration gave 13.9 g (80%) of 4-(4-bromophenoxy)benzenesulfonyl chloride as a white powder: mp 80.9° C.

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