Benzyl mercaptan → 6-(Benzylthio)-1-chloroisoquinoline

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A round-bottom flask was charged with 6-bromo-1-chloro-isoquinoline (1.574 ml, 10.86 mmol), Xantphos (0.314 g, 0.543 mmol), and Pd2(dba)3 (0.249 g, 0.271 mmol). The flask was flushed with Ar (g), then 1,4-dioxane (21.72 ml), n,n-diisopropylethylamine (3.79 ml, 21.72 mmol), and benzyl mercaptan (1.349 ml, 11.40 mmol) were added in sequence. The flask was fitted with a reflux condenser and heated to 80° C. for 1 h. The mixture was cooled and concentrated under a vacuum. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (80-g Redi-Sep Gold column, 25-g silica gel loading column, 0-40% EtOAc/Heptane) to give a yellow solid. The solid was suspended in heptane, sonicated, and filtered. The collected solid was washed with heptane, dried under a stream of N2 (g), then dried under vacuum for to give 6-(benzylthio)-1-chloroisoquinoline as an off-white powder: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm=8.26-8.10 (m, 2H), 7.63-7.51 (m, 2H), 7.46-7.39 (m, 3H), 7.37-7.28 (m, 3H), 4.31 (s, 2H); m/z (ESI) 286.2 (M+H)+.

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