Lawesson's reagent → N-[5-Bromo-4-methyl-3-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-2-(4-methanesulfonyl-phenyl)-thioacetamide

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To a suspension of N-[5-bromo-4-methyl-3-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-2-(4-methanesulfonyl-phenyl)-acetamide (Int. 10, 305 mg, 0.579 mmol) in toluene (15 mL) was added Lawesson's reagent (234 mg, 0.579 mmol) and the reaction mixture was heated at 110° C. for 24 hrs. A further amount of Lawesson's reagent (351 mg) was added and heating was continued for 2.5 hrs before a final addition of Lawesson's reagent (234 mg) was made. The reaction mixture was heated for 19 hrs then cooled, concentrated in vacuo and the resultant residue purified by flash chromatography eluting with a gradient of 0-50% ethyl acetate in cyclohexane to give the title compound as an orange glass (191 mg).

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