Phenethyl bromide → HCID 66702902, compound

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A suspension of 2-cyano-6-hydroxybenzothiazole (1.00 g, 5.68 mmol) in acetone (5 mL) was prepared in a 100-mL 2-necked round-bottomed flask fitted with a reflux condenser. Anhydrous potassium carbonate (1.18 g, 8.52 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture and the suspension turned to a yellow solution. Then (2-bromoethyl)benzene (1.37 g, 0.88 mL, 7.38 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was heated at reflux for using a heated stir plate and oil bath. Progress of the reaction was monitored by HPLC analysis of reaction aliquots. After 15 h of reflux the reaction was about 40% complete. Additional (2-bromoethyl)benzene (0.5 equivalents, 2.84 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.5 equivalents, 2.84 mmol) were added periodically during the course of two days until the starting material was consumed. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and then filtered to remove inorganic salts. The filtrate was concentrated by rotoevaporation to provide 2.2 g of a crude oil. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel using an initial mobile phase consisting of a mixture of 9:1 heptane-ethyl acetate. The mobile phase was adjusted to a mixture of 5:1 heptane-ethyl acetate, and then adjusted to a mixture of 7:3 heptane-ethyl acetate to provide 800 mg (50% yield) of the desired product as an off-white foam. The structure was confirmed by 1H NMR analysis in DMSO-d6.

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