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Buchwald–Hartwig amination, record ord-03f2f90229d7474393efca5188bac2c5

One recorded run of this reaction. Below is what the source recorded, and nothing added to it.

verified record70% yield recordedNot balanced as writtenFrom experimental reaction archive

Reactants and products as the record gives them. Reagents, catalysts and solvents are listed below rather than drawn.

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
Reactant1-Bromo-4-(methylsulphonyl)benzeneC₇H₇BrO₂S
Reactant2-Amino-6-ChloropyrazineC₄H₄ClN₃
ReagentCesium carbonateCCs₂O₃
Catalyst1,1'-(9,9-Dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(1,1-diphenylphosphine)C₃₉H₃₂OP₂
CatalystPalladium (II) acetateC₄H₈O₄Pd
Solvent1,4-DioxaneC₄H₈O₂
Product6-chloro-N-(4-methylsulfonylphenyl)pyrazin-2-amineC₁₁H₁₀ClN₃O₂S70.39%

The equation does not balance as written. That is usual for an experimental record: the source listed what it put in and what it measured, not a stoichiometric equation.

Conditions

Temperature
85 °C

Only the dimensions the source stated are listed. Anything absent here was not recorded, and it is not inferred from what the class usually needs.

Yield

  • 70% of 6-chloro-N-(4-methylsulfonylphenyl)pyrazin-2-amine.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

1-bromo-4-(methylsulfonyl)benzene (18.6 g, 79.12 mmol) then cesium carbonate (33.5 g, 102.85 mmol) were successively added to a solution of 6-chloropyrazin-2-amine (10.25 g, 79.12 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (300 ml). The mixture was purged with nitrogen, then (9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine) (2.75 g, 4.75 mmol) and diacetoxypalladium (0.533 g, 2.37 mmol) were added, the mixture was purged with nitrogen then heated to 85°C for 3 hours. After cooling the mixture was diluted with ethylacetate (300 mL), filtered, the solid washed with ethyl acetate (2x100 mL). Filtrate was washed with water (500 mL) => _emulsion, 100 mL of brine were added to help separation of layers._ Organics were washed with brine and dried over MgSO4. Crude product (28g) was purified by flash chromatogr

The source

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  • experimental reaction archive record ord-03f2f90229d7474393efca5188bac2c5 from dataset "750 AstraZeneca ELN dataset" (url: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60c9e3f37792a23bfdb2d471). No atom mapping is provided by the source.

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