Triethylamine → N-(2-bromoethyl)-4-cyanobenzenesulfonamide

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To an ice cooled solution of 2-bromoethylamine hydrogenbromide (12.2 g, 0.0595 mol) in dry dichloromethane (100 mL) was added triethylamine and the mixture stirred for 15 min. 4-Cyanobenzenesulfonyl chloride (10 g, 0.0486 mol) in dichloromethane was added, dropwise. Stirring was continued at RT for 1 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, washed with water, followed by brine, then dried over sodium sulfate. Solvents were evaporated and the residue crystallized from petroleum ether to give 12.5 g of the sub-title compound as a pale yellow solid.

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