Potassium Carbonate → 1-(3-Bromophenyl)-2-(diallylamino)ethanone

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Potassium carbonate (38.8 g, 281 mmol) is added to 3-bromophenacyl bromide (60 g 216 mmol) in acetonitrile (430 mL), and the mixture is cooled under nitrogen to 0° C. Diallylamine (34.6 mL, 280.63 mmol) is added drop wise over 1 hour and the reaction is allowed to warm to 22° C. overnight. The crude reaction mixture is concentrated and the residue is partitioned in water (300 mL) and MTBE (300 mL). The aqueous layer is discarded and the organic layer is washed with water (100 mL, 2×) and with brine (100 mL). The organic layer is dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and the solvent evaporated to constant weight to give the title compound (62 g, 98%). ES/MS (m/e): 294 (M+1).

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