Sulfuric Acid → N-[3-(2-Bromoacetyl)-5-(pentafluorosulfanyl)phenyl]acetamide

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N-[3-Acetyl-5-(pentafluorosulfanyl)phenyl]acetamide (859 mg) was dissolved in a mixture of methanol (10 ml) and THF (10 ml) and phenyltrimethylammonium tribromide (1.065 g) was added in portions while stirring. After stirring at RT for 2 h, the mixture was heated to 40° C. for a further 3 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was added to 2 N sulfuric acid and the aqueous phase was extracted 3 times with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified using silica gel with ethyl acetate/heptane as the eluent. 480 mg of the desired compound were obtained.

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