Pyridine → N-(4'-chloro-2'-fluoro-5'-(benzenesulphonyloxy)phenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)glutarimide

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To a solution of N-(4'-chloro-2'-fluoro-5'-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)glutarimide (1.64 g, 5.05 mmol, Compound 19) in about 20 ml of methylene chloride was added via syringe nearly 2.5 eq. of pyridine (1 ml) which had been freshly distilled from CaH2. Then a solution of benzenesulfonyl chloride (0.64 ml, 5.0 mmol) in 4.5 ml of methylene chloride was slowly added dropwise to the reaction mixture with ice bath cooling. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 12 hours. Then there was added 0.17 g of additional glutarimide and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for an additional 12 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into 50 ml of water and the layers were separated. The organic layer was evaporated in vacuo and the residue was dried in the vacuum oven (20-50 Torr, 50° C.). The resulting brown solid was rinsed with approximately 5 ml of methylene chloride and suction filtered to yield 1.9 g (82% yield) of the desired product as an off-white powder (m.p. 214°-215° C.).

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