Dimethylformamide → 3-Iodobenzamide

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3-Iodobenzoic acid (2.00 g, 8.06 mmol) was dissolved in THF (20 mL) then oxalyl chloride (1.4 mL, 16 mmol) and DMF (0.05 mL) were added and the resulting mixture stirred for 2 hours. The volatiles were evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was dissolved in THF (20 mL) and concentrated aqueous ammonia (10 mL). After 60 minutes water (200 mL) was added and after a further 30 minutes the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration and air dried to give the title compound (I142) (1.97 g, 99% yield) as a white powder; 1H NMR (400 MHz, d4-MeOH) δ 8.23 (t, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.90 (ddd, J=7.9, 1.7, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.86 (ddd, J=7.8, 1.7, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.24 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H). LCMS Method C: rt 5.29 min, m/z 248.1 [M+H]+.

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