Hydrochloric Acid → N-(5-Bromonaphthalene-1-carbonyl)-N-methylglycine

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N-[(5-Bromo-1-naphthalenyl)carbonyl]-N-methylglycine methyl ester (3.7 g, 11.0 mmoles, described in Example 2) was suspended in methanol (50 ml). A solution of 1N aqueous NaOH (13.2 ml) was added to the suspension. The mixture was stirred at 20°-22° C. for 1.5 hr. The mixture was neutralized with aqueous HCl and concentrated under reduced pressure to remove the methanol. The residual solution was made acidic with aqueous HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated to dryness. The residue was crystallized from ethanol-water to give 3.25 g of the title compound; mp 205° C.; NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 2.75 & 3.10 (2s, 3H), 2.75 & 3.10 (2s, 3H), 3.75 & 4.25 (2s, 2H), 7.3-8.3 (m, 6H); IR (Nujol*) 1745 with inflection at 1720, 1580 cm-1 ; UVλmax (EtOH) 322 nm (ε680), 316 (1,000), 299 (6,510), 289 (9.055), 279 (7,150) 226 (63,080); Anal Calcd: C, 52.19% H, 3.76% N, 4.35%; Found: C, 52.09% H, 38.4% N, 4.48%.

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