Sodium Azide → 1-[4-(2-Azidoethyl)phenyl]ethan-1-one

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p-(2-Bromoethyl)-acetophenone (J.A.C.S. 62, 1940, 1435) was reacted with sodium azide in dimethyl sulphoxide to give p-(2-azidoethyl)acetophenone. Oxidation with sodium hypobromide gave p-(2-azidoethyl)benzoic acid (melting point 130°-131°, from acetone/hexane) which was converted with thionyl chloride into the corresponding acid chloride. Treatment of the acid chloride with ammonia gave p-(2-azidoethyl)benzamide. Treatment with triphenylphosphine and hydrolysis gave p-(2-aminoethyl)benzamide of melting point 132°-133° (from ethanol).

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