Water → N-(2,4-difluoro-3-formylphenyl)propane-2-sulfonamide

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To propane-2-sulfonic acid (2,4-difluoro-phenyl)-amide (59, 2.35 g, 9.95 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (70 mL) under an atmosphere of nitrogen cooled with a dry ice/acetone bath was added 1.60 M of n-butyllithium (1.60 M in hexane, 6.53 mL, 10.45 mmol). The reaction was stirred for 40 minutes, and then another portion of n-butyllithium (1.60 M in hexane, 6.84 mL, 10.94 mmol). The reaction was stirred for 1 hour and N,N-dimethylformamide (0.92 mL, 11.9 mmol) was added. The reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. The reaction was poured into water extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtrated. The filtrate was concentrated and purified by silica gel column chromatography (dichloromethane/methanol 5%) to give the compound (60, 1.4 g, 53.4%). MS (ESI) [M−H+]−=263.4.

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