Acetic Anhydride → N-(4-cyano-2,3-dimethylphenyl)acetamide

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Reaction Steps

Acetic anhydride (1.36 ml, 14.4 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-amino-2,3-dimethylbenzonitrile (1.32 g, 9.03 mmol) in ethyl acetate (10 ml) at room temperature, and then the reaction was carried out for 4 hours under reflux conditions. After the reaction mixture was cooled, the precipitate obtained was collected by filtration and dried to obtain N-(4-cyano-2,3-dimethylphenyl)acetamide (1.39 g, 81.8%).

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