Benzamide → N-Butylbenzamide

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Reaction Steps

1-Bromobutane (1.51 g, 0.011 mol) in benzene (10 ml) was slowly added to a refluxing mixture of benzamide (1.21 g, 0.01 mol), 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (10 ml) and 1 mmol of the catalyst (Table 3). After the addition of has been completed, refluxing is continued for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and diluted with water (20 ml). The organic phase is separated, washed with water (3×10 ml) until neutral, dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated to give pure N-n-butylbenzamide. Yields are given in Table 3.

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