Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid → 4-p-Anisamidobutyric acid

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10.2 g. of p-methoxybenzoyl chloride are added at 30° C. in one portion while stirring well to 30.9 g. of 4-amino-butyric acid, 24.0 g. of sodium hydroxide and 300 ml. of ion-free water. After 2 hours, the mixture is acidified with 75 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid at a temperature below 10° C. The precipitate is filtered off, washed ion-free with water, dried in a drying oven at 65° C. over phosphorus pentoxide and then recrystallized from 45 ml. of acetone/low-boiling petroleum ether (3:1). There is obtained 4-(p-methoxybenzoylamino)butyric acid having a melting point of 120.5°-122° C.

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