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With hydrogen bromide; Selectfluor; In water; at 20℃; for 0.25h; |
General procedure: 1a as example: To a stirred suspension of N-(p-tolyl)acetamide 1a (75 mg, 0.5 mmol) and Selectfluor (213 mg, 0.6 mmol) in water (3.0 mL) was added HBr (40% aqueous, 0.08 mL, 0.55 mmol), and the mixture was stirred for 5 min at room temperature. After 1a was consumed, as indicated by TLC, the reaction mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous Na2S2O3 (2.0 mL) and water (20.0 mL), and extracted with CH2Cl2 (10.0 mL) three times. The residue obtained after evaporation of the solvent was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether-ethyl acetate = 6:1, v/v) to afford N-(2-bromo-4-methylphenyl)acetamide 2a as a white solid (108 mg, 95% yield). |
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With bromine; acetic acid; at 50 - 55℃; for 1.5h; |
To a stirred solution of step-a product (24 g, 0.16 mol) in acetic acid (88 ml, 3.7 times), bromine (25.6 g (8.3 ml), 0.16 mol) was added drop wise at rt. Heated the reaction mass to 50 - 550C and allowed stirred for 1.5 hrs at the same temperature. Progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC (50% ethyl acetate/hexane, Rr0.6). On completion of the reaction, poured the reaction contents into ice cold water. The solid thrown out was filtered and dried to obtain the crude product as a pale pink solid (55g, crude). The crude obtained was directly used for the next step without any further purification. |
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A mixture of 2-methylaniline (5 g, 47 mmol, 1 eq.), acetic anhydride (5 g, 49 mmol, 1.1 eq.) and hexamethylphosphoramide (trace) was stirred at room temperature. The reaction was monitored by TLC or HPLC. After completion of amide formation, aqueous hydrobromic acid (40%, 9.53 g, 47 mmol, 1.0 eq.) was added to the resulting solution of /V-(2-methylphenyl)acetamide and the mixture was cooled to 0 0C. Aqueous hydrogen peroxide (30%, 5.48 g, 47 mmol, 1.0 eq.) was then added slowly within 30 min and stirring was continued overnight. A white precipitate formed and was collected by filtration. The filtrate was concentrated using a rotary evaporator and a second crop of white solid was collected by filtration. The combined white solid was washed with water and aqueous sodium carbonate and dried to give Lambda£(4-bromo- 2-methylphenyl)acetamide as a white solid. Yield: 8.50 g (80%).1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-fe): delta 9.32 (s, 1H), 7.41 (d, J= 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.40 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.32 (dd, J = 2.0 Hz, J= 8.8 Hz, 1 H), 2.19 (s, 3H), 2.05 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-alphafe): delta 168.8, 136.4, 134.5, 133.1 , 129.1, 127.0, 117.4, 23.8, 18.0. |