N-(3-Carbomethoxy-5-methyl-2-thienyl)-2-methylpropanamide → 2-Methyl-N-(5-methylthiophen-2-yl)propanamide
Reaction equation
C([C:5]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([CH3:10])[S:7][C:6]=1[NH:11][C:12](=[O:16])[CH:13]([CH3:15])[CH3:14])(OC)=O.O.O.[I-].[Li+]>>[CH3:10][C:8]1[S:7][C:6]([NH:11][C:12](=[O:16])[CH:13]([CH3:14])[CH3:15])=[CH:5][CH:9]=1Participants
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Procedure
The ester from Example 48 was treated with lithium iodide dihydrate as in Example 42 to give the expected decarboxylated product, N-(5-methyl-2-thienyl)-2-methylpropanamide, m.p. 96°-97° C. in 54% yield.
Sources & evidence
- ORD record
- ord-5f00fe46fc7546ada4e1eced6353c3b3
- Source dataset
- uspto-grants-1980_09
- Patent number
- US04222946
Reaction notes
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