Water → N-(3-Nitrophenethyl)acetamide

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3-Nitrophenethylamine (5.559 g, Production Example 25b) was dissolved in pyridine (33 ml), and acetyl chloride (2.5 ml) was added dropwise thereinto under ice-cooling. After stirring at room temperature for 0.5 hr, the mixture was ice-cooled again. Water was added thereto, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated, to give the title compound (6.323 g, 91%) as a yellow oil.

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