Cesium carbonate → (NE,R)-N-[(3-bromophenyl)methylidene]-2-methylpropane-2-sulfinamide

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To a mixture of (R)-2-methylpropane-2-sulfinamide (2.4326 g, 20.07 mmol) and Cs2CO3 (9.81 g, 30.1 mmol) in DCM (50 mL) was added dropwise a solution of 3-bromobenzaldehyde (4.08 g, 22.08 mmol) in DCM (50 mL) over 10 min and the mixture stirred at ambient temperature for overnight. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite and the filter pad washed with DCM then with EtOAc. Filtrate was dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give an oil which was purified by silica gel chromatography to give 161A (4.7626 g, 16.53 mmol, 82% yield) as an faint yellow colored oil. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.55 (s, 1H), 8.05 (t, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.76 (dt, J=7.7, 1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.68-7.65 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.36 (m, 1H), 1.31-1.29 (m, 9H).

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