Pyridine → 3-Thiophenecarboxamide,N-ethyl-

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A mixture of thiophene-3-carboxylic acid (20.0 g, 178 mmol), thionyl chloride (30 mL, 411 mmol), and catalytic DMF (5 drops) was stirred at RT overnight. This solution was concentrated under vacuum, and stripped several times from toluene to remove all traces of excess thionyl chloride. Ethyl amine hydrochloride (29.03 g, 356 mmol) was then added to a solution of this crude acid chloride dissolved in CH2Cl2 (50 mL). Pyridine (31.64 g, 400 mmol) was added, and after 1 h of stirring the reaction was washed with 10% HCl followed with water, dried (MgSO4), concentrated, and recrystallized from EtOAc/hexanes to give 14.9 g of N-ethyl-3-thiophenecarboxamide as a tan solid, a 76% yield. m.p. 115°-117° C.

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