2-Methylbenzenesulfonic acid → HCID 20551711, compound

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N-(2,2-Dimethoxyethyl)-2-chloroacetamide (18.2 grams; 0.1 mole), 1,3-propanediol (7.61 grams; 0.1 mole) and 10 drops of a solution of 1 gram of toluenesulfonic acid in 100 ml of diethyl ether were charged into a glass reaction vessel fitted with a mechanical stirrer, thermometer, distillation head and condenser. The mixture was stirred and heated at about 120° C. for a period of about 1 hour while byproduct methanol was distilled off. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, sodium carbonate (2 grams) was added, and the slurry stirred for a period of about 1 hour. The slurry was filtered and the filtrate was stripped of solvent by mild warming under reduced pressure to yield the desired product N-(1,3-dioxan-2-ylmethyl)-2-chloracetamide as a residue.

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