1-iodo-3-methylsulfonylbenzene

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

Conditions: temp:120.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 3-methanesulphonyliodobenzene (26.8 g), 2-nitrobromobenzene (19.2 g) and copper powder (18.2 g) was heated at 120° C. for 27 hours to yield a residue which was purified by chromatography on a silica column eluted initially with hexane and then with mixtures of ethylacetate and hexane in which the ethylacetate content was progressively raised to 60% to give 3'-methanesulphonyl-2-nitrobiphenyl (m.p. 124°-125° C.). to yield a residue which was purified by chromatography on a silica column eluted initially with hexane with mixtures of ethylacetate and hexane in which the ethylacetate content was progressively raised to 60%