Ethyl Bromide → 1-Bromo-2-(ethanesulfonyl)benzene

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of NaH (135 mg, 3.40 mmol, 60% in mineral oil) in anhydrous DMF (5 mL) was added 2-bromobenzenethiol (580 mg, 3.10 mmol) drop-wise at rt. After the resultant mixture was stirred at 20° Celsius for 10 min, bromoethane (670 mg, 6.10 mmol) was slowly added into the mixture. The reaction mixture was stirred at 30° Celsius for 14 hours in an oil bath. The reaction was diluted with water (60 mL) and extracted with petroleum ether (20 mL×2). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in a mixture of methanol (10 mL) and water (15 mL) then treated with oxone (10 g, 15 mmol) portion-wise. The reaction mixture was stirred at 80° Celsius for 16 hours. The mixture was cooled to rt and the methanol removed. The remaining aqueous mixture was further diluted with water (50 mL) and extracted with DCM (20 mL×2). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, concentrated to dryness and purified by FCC to give the title compound (570 mg, 75%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.18-8.12 (m, 1H), 7.76 (dd, J=7.8, 1.5, 1H), 7.52-7.43 (m, 2H), 3.46 (q, J=7.5, 2H), 1.26 (t, J=7.5, 3H).

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