Salicylamide → 2,2-dibutyl-4-oxo-2,3-dihydro-4H-1,3-benzoxazine

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A mixture of 20 g of dibutylketone, 19.3 g of salicylamide and 2.7 g of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate is added to 300 ml of toluene and the mixture is refluxed overnight by making use of a dehydrator of Dean Stark. After cooling, the reaction mixture is washed, dried and evaporated to remove the solvent. The residue is purified by silica gel column chromatography (solvent; hexane:ethyl acetate =95:5) to obtain 34 g of 2,2-dibutyl-4-oxo-2,3-dihydro-4H-1,3-benzoxazine as a yellow oil.

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