Cyclopentylamine → N-Cyclopentylacetoacetamide

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A solution of 21.3 g (0.25 mol) cyclopentylamine in 50 ml tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise at −5 to 0° C. to a solution of 20 g of diketene (0.24 mol) in 200 ml tetrahydrofuran. After 1 h stirring at 0° C. no more starting material was detected by thin layer chromatography. The reaction mixture was evaporated and the residue is recrystallized from 100 ml of ethyl acetate. This gave 31.4 g (0.19 mol, 78% yield) as a white solid.

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