Bromoacetyl bromide → N-(4-nitrophenylethyl)bromoacetamide

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Bromoacetyl bromide (806 mg, 4.0 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of p-nitrophenylethylamine (665 mg, 4.0 mmol, freshly prepared from the hydrochloride salt) in 30 mL CH2Cl2 over 6 min at 0° C. with stirring. Then, the reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 h. The resulting precipitate was filtered off and washed twice with 10 mL CH2Cl2, which was combined with filtrate and rotoevaporated to dryness. Chromatography over 20 g silica gel and elution with 5:3 ethyl acetate:hexane gave crystalline N-(4-nitrophenylethyl)bromoacetamide (compound 74). Recrystallization from ethyl acetate-hexane gave 290 mg (58% yield) of compound 74 as yellow needles: mp 123°-124° C. IR (nujol) 3276, 1659, 1515, 1343 cm-1 ; NMR 2.99 (t, 2H), 3.60 (q, 2H), 3.88 (s, 2H), 6.54 (m, 1H), 7.38-8.20 (AA'BB', 4H) ppm.

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