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HRID 1762799Generated: October 25, 2026

Formic Acid → N-formyl-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)glycine methyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormic AcidHCID 284—
ReactantWaterHCID 962—
ReactantN-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-glycine methyl esterHCID 14479943—
SolventO-XyleneHCID 7237—
ProductN-formyl-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)glycine methyl esterHCID 1425415299.3%

Reaction Steps

A solution of N-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)-glycine methyl ester (7.61 g, 0.0352 mole) and formic acid (1.33 ml, 0.0352 mole) was heated at reflux in xylene (60 ml) with azeotroic removal of water for 2.5 hours and the solvent was removed under vacuum to give the product as an oil (8.50 g, 99%).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04835154
Source datasetuspto-grants-1989_05
ORD IDord-68cedded969b42f18ae3112b229b2e43
Source noteuspto-grants-1989_05