Acetyl chloride → HCID 14555273, compound

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N-Benzyl 2-(3-carboxyphenoxy)nicotinamide (1.00 gram, 2.87 mmol) is slurried in 12 ml of methanol in a 125 ml round bottom flask equipped with magnetic stir bar and nitrogen source and chilled to 0° C. Acetyl chloride (0.57 ml) is added to the flask and the reaction allowed to slowly warm to room temperature. After 18 hours the reaction is quenched by adding 50 ml of 2N sodium hydroxide solution. It is then extracted (2×50 ml) with ethyl acetate, the combined extracts washed with (2×100 ml) 2N sodium hydroxide and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Filtration and concentration of the extract in vacuo yield a pasty solid which is purified by trituration with diethyl ether to yield 0.38 grams (36.5%) of the title product as a white crystalline solid.

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