Chloroacetyl chloride → N-[1-(3-Bromophenyl)-2-hydroxy-1-methylethyl]-2-chloroacetamide

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2-Chloroacetyl chloride (2.24 g, 19.8 mmol) was added dropwise at 0° C. to a suspension of 2-amino-2-(3-bromo-phenyl)-propan-1-ol (3.8 g, 16.5 mmol), K2CO3 (4.55 g, 33 mmol) and dichloromethane (40 ml). The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature over a period of approximately 3 h, washed with 1N hydrochloric acid and brine, dried with Na2SO4 and evaporated in vacuo to yield the crude title compound. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 7.43 (m, 2H), 7.23 (m, 2H), 4.10-4.03 (m, 4H), 1.71 (s, 3H).

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