[I:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:8]=[CH:9][C:10]=1[CH3:11])[C:5]([NH2:7])=[O:6].CO[CH:14](OC)[N:15]([CH3:17])[CH3:16]>>[CH3:14][N:15](/[CH:17]=[N:7]/[C:5](=[O:6])[C:4]1[CH:8]=[CH:9][C:10]([CH3:11])=[C:2]([I:1])[CH:3]=1)[CH3:16]A suspension of 3-iodo-4-methylbenzamide (preparation 48a, 2.00 g, 7.7 mmol) in 1,1-dimethoxy-N,N-dimethylmethanamine (4.0 mL, 30.1 mmol) was heated in a sealed tube at 90° C. with stirring. After 2 hours, the mixture was cooled and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was triturated with diethyl ether and hexanes, and the solid that formed was filtered and dried to give the title compound (1.90 g, 78%) as a yellow solid.
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