P-Toluenesulfonamide → N-(p-Tolyl)-p-toluenesulphonamide

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A 15 mL resealable Schlenk tube was charged with CuI (9.5 mg, 0.0499 mmol, 5.0 mol %), 4-iodotoluene (218 mg, 1.00 mmol), p-toluenesulfonamide (205 mg, 1.20 mmol), K2CO3 (280 mg, 2.03 mmol), evacuated and backfilled with argon. trans-N,N′-Dimethyl-1,2-cyclohexanediamine (16 μL, 0.102 mmol, 10 mol %) and N,N-dimethylformamide (1 mL) were added under argon. The Schlenk tube was sealed with a Teflon valve and the reaction mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 19 h. The resulting pale brown suspension was allowed to reach room temperature, poured into 20 mL of a diluted aq NH4Cl solution, and extracted with 3×15 mL of dichloromethane. The colorless organic phase was dried (Na2SO4), concentrated, and the residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (2×15 cm, hexane-ethyl acetate 2:1, 15 mL fractions). Fractions 9-16 provided 251 mg (96% yield) of the desired product as white crystals.

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