P-Anisidine → 3-Chloro-n-(4-methoxyphenyl)propanamide

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A three-necked flask was charged with p-Anisidine (50 g), Et3N (40.43 g) and methyl ethyl ketone (100 ml). The resulting slurry was cooled to 10° C. and 3-chloropropionyl chloride (50.74 g) was slowly added. The temperature was allowed to rise to 60° C. during the addition. The mixture was then refluxed for 1 hour and cooled to 50° C. The solids were collected by filtration, washed with water, and dried at 50° C. to constant weight to give N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-chloropropionamide (56.42 g, 86.8%).

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