N-Methylacetanilide → 4-(N-methylacetamido)benzene-1-sulfonyl chloride

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(Based on the procedure of O. K. Stojanovic et al. Chem. Abstr. 1973, 78, 3902s.) N-Methyl-N-phenyl-acetamide (10.0 g, 67 mmol) is heated with 50 ml of ClSO3H at 70° C. for 90 min. The mixture is poured into 200 ml of ice, and the resulting product is filtered and washed with 2×25 ml of H2O to the give the title compound as an off-white solid.

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