4-Toluenesulfonyl chloride → 4,7-Bis(p-tolylsulphonyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane

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N,N′-bis(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (1.1.20) was prepared by reacting (1.1.3) with two equivalents of p-toluenesulfonyl chloride. Two equivalents of N,N′-bis(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane (1.1.20) hydrobromide were reacted with one equivalent of 1,3-diiodopropane in acetonitrile with excess potassium carbonate. 1,3-Bis[N,N′-bis(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane propane (1.1.21) was isolated and purified by chromatography. The p-toluenesulfonyl groups were removed using sulfuric acid and HBr to yield the title compound (1.1.19).

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