Divinyl sulfone → 4-Benzylthiomorpholine 1,1-Dioxide

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Divinyl sulphone (0.8 ml, 10 mmol) was added to a solution of benzylamine (1.09 ml, 10 mmol) in ethanol (4 ml) and heated under reflux for 2 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, the residue dissolved in dichloromethane (30 ml) and washed with saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution (15 ml), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with a gradient system of dichloromethane:methanol (100:0 to 99:1) to afford the title compound as a yellow oil (0.9 g).

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