Acetic Acid → N-{4-chloro-2-[(4-chlorophenoxyimino)phenylmethyl]phenyl}trifluoromethanesulfonamide

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N,N-Dimethylethylenediamine (82 μL, 0.75 mmol) was added to a suspension of O-(4-chlorophenyl)hydroxylamine hydrochloride (141 mg, 0.51 mmol) in EtOH (15 mL), and the reaction allowed to stir at RT for 15 hours. Glacial acetic acid (3 mL) was then added to adjust the mixture to ca. pH 4 followed by a solution of N-(2-benzoyl-4-chlorophenyl)trifluoromethanesulfonamide 25 (170 mg, 0.47 mmol) in EtOH (5 mL), and the reaction stirred for 63 hours at RT. The reaction mixture was concentrated under vacuum, and the residue dissolved in CH2Cl2 (50 mL), washed with water (twice), brine, dried over MgSO4 and the solvent evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was filtered through a pad of silica (eluting with CH2Cl2/PE, 3:7) and purified by radial thin layer chromatography (eluting with CH2Cl2/PE, 1:19 to 1:4) to afford N-{4-chloro-2-[(4-chlorophenoxyimino)phenylmethyl]phenyl}trifluoromethanesulfonamide 164 (140 mg, 61%), as a orange-brown solid. M.p. 86-87° C. 1H n.m.r. (200 MHz, CDCl3) δ 10.99, br s, 1H; 7.73, d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H; 7.54, m, 3H; 7.43-7.27, m, 5H; 7.07, m, 1H; 7.01, m, 2H. O-(4-Chlorophenyl)hydroxylamine hydrochloride was prepared by the procedure described in Example 2C.

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