Bromochloromethane → 1-Chloromethanesulfonyl-4-fluoro-benzene

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A stirred mixture of 4-fluoro-benzenesulfonyl chloride (10.16 g, 52.2 mmol), sodium sulfite (12.25 g, 97.1 mmol) and sodium bicarbonate (8.02 g, 95.5 mmol) in water (55 mL) is heated at 100° C. for 1 h. The crude sodium sulfinate solution is allowed to cool for 30 min and then treated with bromochloromethane (60 mL) and tetra-N-butyl ammonium bromide (1.68 g, 5.22 mmol). The resulting mixture is heated at 75° C. overnight. The organic layer was separated. The aqueous solution was extracted with CH2Cl2 (×2). The combined organics were washed with water and brine, and dried over anhydrous MgSO4. The filtration through Celite-silica gel pad and concentration in vacuo gave the desired product without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 8.00 (m, 2H), 7.30 (m, 2H), 4.53 (s, 2H).

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