Triethylamine → 2((2,6-Dinitrophenyl)amino)benzyl bromide

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1.8 g (6.2 mmol) of 2-[(2,6-dinitrophenyl)amino]-benzyl alcohol was dissolved in a mixture of 50 ml of dictloromethane with 50 ml of ethyl ether. Under ice-cooling and stirring, 2.2 ml (15.5 mmol) of triethylamine and 0.58 ml (7.4 mmol) of methane-sulfonuyl chloride were successively added thereto. After stirring for 30 minutes, the reaction mixture was poured into a saturated aqueous solution of ammonium chloride and extracted with ethyl acetate. After concentrating, the residue was dissolved in 150 ml of acetone. Then 2.7 g (31 mmol) of lithium bromide was added and the resulting mixture was heated under reflux for 1 hour. After distilling off the solvent under reduced pressure, the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to thereby give 0.5 g of 2((2,6-dinitrophenyl)amino)-benzyl bromide. This product was dissolved in 10 ml of dimethylformamide. After adding 216 mg (2.8 mmol) of thiourea, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. Then 10 ml of dimethylformamide, 157 mg (2.8 mmol) of potassium hydroxide and 2 ml of water were successively added thereto and the reaction mixture was heated at 100° C. for 3 hours. After cooling, the reaction mixture was poured into a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride and extracted with ethyl acetate. After concentrating, the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography. Thus 0.22 g of the title compound was obtained.

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