Triethylamine → 3-Chloro-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl(tosyl)methyl isocyanide

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Compound 3a (4.57 g, 11.92 mmol) was suspended in dry dimethoxyethane (100 mL) and cooled to −10° C. POCl3 (3.4 mL, 36.1 mmol) was added and a mixture of triethylamine (8.3 mL, 59.5 mmol) in dimethoxyethane (10 mL) was dropped slowly to the reaction mixture. After stirring for 2 h at −5° C., the reaction mixture was poured into ice water. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate, the organic phase was washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuum. Upon refrigeration (4° C.) over night a yellow solid crystallized, which was collected and dried in vacuum.

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