Triethylamine → (E)-N-Methyl-N-[4-(3-aminophenyl)-3-buten-1-yl]benzamide

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Under a nitrogen atmosphere, a mixture of N-methyl-N-(3-buten-1 -yl)benzamide (2.15 g, 11.36 mmol), 3-iodoaniline (2.49 g, 11.36 mmol, Aldrich Chemical Company), palladium(II) acetate (25.5 mg, 0.11 mmol), and triethylamine (2.30 g, 22.70 mmol) was stirred and heated under reflux at 105-110° C. (oil bath temperature) for 52 h. The dark-brown solution was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and was diluted with water (20 ml,) and CHCl3 (40 mL). The water layer was separated and extracted with CHCl3 (2×10 mL). The combined CHCl3 extracts were washed with saturated NaCl solution (10 mL), dried (CHCl3), filtered, and concentrated by rotary evaporation. Further drying under high vacuum (0.3 mm Hg) for 15 h produced a viscous, brown oil (3.59 g). The crude material was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (155.5 g, 4.0 cm i.d.×60.5 cm column) eluting with EtOAc (25→67%, v/v) in CHCl3. Fractions containing the product (Rf 0.34 in EtOAc—CHCl3, 1:1, v/v) were combined, concentrated by rotary evaporation, and vacuum dried at 45° C. for 15 h to give 1.60 g (50.2%) of an amber oil.

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