Ethyl Bromide → HCID 68548246, compound

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Reaction Steps

Methyl 2-(2-nitrobenzenesulfonylamino)propionate (17 g; 59 mmol) is dissolved in 600 ml of dimethylformamide, and caesium carbonate (1.5 eq.; 88 mmol; 28.6 g) is then added. The reaction medium is stirred for 30 minutes at room temperature, followed by dropwise addition of ethyl bromide (4 eq.; 236 mmol; 17.6 ml) and the resulting mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature. The reaction medium is evaporated to dryness, taken up in dichloromethane, filtered and evaporated to dryness. The crude product is chromatographed on silica (eluting with dichloromethane) to give 17.1 g of the expected product.

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