Chloroacetamide → N~2~-(4-Nitrophenyl)glycinamide

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A mixture of p-nitroaniline (55.2 g, 0.4 mol), calcium carbonate (80 g) and chloroacetamide (149.6 g, 1.6 mol) in 350 ml of water/ethanol (1/1) was refluxed for 42 hours. The resulting mixture was filtered while hot and allowed to cool, and the crystals were filtered off by suction, reslurried in water and then washed with absolute ethanol. After drying, 87.9 g of crude product were obtained. After two recrystallizations from acetonitrile, 45.3 g of pure product were obtained (melting point=178° C.).

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