Triethylamine → N-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)pivalamide

Participants

Reaction Steps

To a solution of 4-trifluoromethylaniline (5 g, 0.031 mol) in 50 ml of dry benzene was added triethylamine (6.26 g, 8.63 ml, 0.06 mol) at 0° C. Pivaloyl chloride (4.5 g, 0.04 mol) was added slowly and stirred at RT over night. The RM was quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water, brine and concentrated. To the solid was triturated with pet-ether and filtered to give N-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-pivalamide (6.7 g) as white solid.

Provenance & Evidence