Ethanol → N-(5-Bromopyridin-3-yl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide

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To a round-bottom flask charged with 5-bromopyridin-3-amine (0.400 g, 2.3 mmol) in ethanol (10 ml, 171 mmol), was added 4-methylbenzene-1-sulfonyl chloride (0.880 g, 4.6 mmol) into the mixture. The mixture was allowed to stir at ambient temperature overnight, while under inert atmosphere. The progress of the reaction was monitored by LC/MS, which showed mostly desired product. The mixture was diluted with DCM and saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, then extracted the organic layer with DCM (3×25 ml). The organics were combined, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude was purified by ISCO silica-gel chromatography, in a gradient of 10-30% EtOAc/DCM. The fractions with desired product were combined and concentrated. This gave N-(5-bromopyridin-3-yl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide (0.350 g, 46% yield) as a light-yellow crystalline solid. MS (ESI pos. ion) m/z: 328 (MH+). Calc'd exact mass for Cl2H, BrN2O2S: 327. 1H NMR (400 MHz, chloroform-d): 2.43 (d, J=18.57 Hz, 3H), 7.35 (d, J=6.53 Hz, 2H), 7.69 (d, J=6.02 Hz, 2H), 7.80 (d, J=5.02 Hz, 2H), 8.13-8.20 (m, 1H), 8.42 (s, 1H).

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