4-Toluenesulfonyl chloride → HCID 87467096, compound

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To a stirring solution of (4E)-5-(5-bromo-3-pyridyl)-4-penten-2-ol (3.14 g, 13.0 mmol) in dry pyridine (30 mL) at 0° C. was added p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (3.71 g, 19.5 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 24 h at ambient temperature. The pyridine was removed by rotary evaporation. Toluene (50 mL) was added to the residue and subsequently removed by rotary evaporation. The crude product was stirred with a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate (100 mL) and extracted with chloroform (3×100 mL). The combined chloroform extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated by rotary evaporation to give (4E)-5-(5-bromo-3-pyridyl)-4-penten-2-ol p-toluenesulfonate. The resulting tosylate was treated with excess methylamine (40% solution in water), ethyl alcohol (10 mL), and stirred at ambient temperature for 18 h. The resulting solution was extracted with chloroform (3×100 mL). The combined chloroform extracts were dried over sodium sulfate and filtered. Removal of solvent by rotary evaporation followed by column chromatography over silica gel eluting with chloroform-methanol (95:5, v/v) produced 1.50 g (45.0%) of a pale-yellow oil.

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