Acetyl bromide → N-Formyl-2-(4-acetylphenyl) ethanamine

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This was prepared in an identical manner to the compound described in Description 10 using N-formyl-2-phenylethanamine (95 g), acetylbromide (128 ml), aluminium chloride (288 g) in 1,2-dichloroethane (900 ml). 25 g of the crude produce was chromatographed on Kieselgel 60 (1 Kg). Elution with 1% methanol-chloroform gave the title compound as an oil (18 g). τ(CDCl3) 7.42 (3H, s), 7.1 (2H, t, J=7 Hz), 6.5 (2H, m), 3.45 (1H, broad), 2.7 (2H, d, J=8 Hz) 2.1 (2H, d, J=8 Hz), 1.9 (1H, s).

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