Phosphorus pentachloride → N-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-(methylsulfonyl)picolinimidoyl chloride

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N-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-(methylsulfonyl)picolinamide 5 (1.26 g, 0.0040 mol) in anhydrous benzene (20 mL) was added to PCl5 (1.26 g, 0.0060 mol) and the mixture was heated to reflux overnight. The solvent was removed and the residue was further dried under high vacuum. Crude N-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-(methylsulfonyl)picolinimidoyl chloride 6 was obtained as a yellow solid (1.60 g). The compound 6 was dissolved into anhydrous THF (30 mL) and the reaction was cooled down to 0° C. and hydrazine hydrate (9.0 mL) was added. The reaction was kept at 0° C. for 10 min and warmed to ambient temperature in 0.5 h. The solvent was removed and the residue was purified by column chromatography (eluting with hexane and ethyl acetate 1:1) to give N′-(2-chlorophenyl)-5-(methylsulfonyl) picolinimidohydrazide 7 as a yellow solid. Yield: 1.22 g, 92.0%.

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