Pivaloyl chloride → N-(4-Chloro-3-nitrobenzyl)-2,2-dimethyl-propionamide

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Reaction Steps

TEA (8.00 mL, 57.5 mmol) followed by pivaloyl chloride (2.80 mL, 22.8 mmol) in THF (25 mL) were added to 4-chloro-3-nitrobenzylamine hydrochloride (5.00 g, 22.4 mmol) in THF (100 mL). The reaction mixture was diluted with THF and stirred at rt for 1.5 h. The mixture was filtered and washed. The filtrate was concentrated to give the sub-title compound.

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