Acetyl chloride → N-(4-Acetyl-3-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)acetamide

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Reaction Steps

A dry CS2 solution (42 mL) containing N-(3-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)acetamide (30-1, 5.00 g, 29.9 mmol) and acetyl chloride (3.2 mL, 45 mmol) was slowly added with aluminum chloride (10 g, 74.8 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 2.0 h. The solution was cooled to room temperature and CS2 was decanted. The remaining syrup was poured into icy HCl, and the resultant solids were collected, re-dissolved in EtOH, and decolorized by charcoal. The solution was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum to give N-(4-acetyl-3-fluoro-5-methyl-phenyl)acetamide (30-2, 6.10 g, 29.2 mmol) as light yellow solids in 97% yield: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.46 (d, J=12.4 Hz, 1 H), 6.93 (s, 1 H), 2.53 (d, J=3.8 Hz, 3 H), 2.31 (s, 3 H), 2.18 (s, 3 H).

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