Tetraethylammonium acetate → 2,4,6-Triiodoisophthalamide

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To a solution of N,N'-bis[2-(acetyloxy)-1-[(acetyloxy)methyl]ethyl]-5-[2-(iodomethyl)-5-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl]-2,4,6-triiodo-1,3-benzenedicarboxamide (12.00 g, 110 mmol) in acetonitrile (150 ml) was added tetraethylammonium acetate (5.74 g, 22 mmol) and the mixture stirred at 50° for 18 hours. Acetonitrile was removed in vacuo at 60°, the residue dissolved in ethyl acetate (200 ml), and the resulting solution washed with brine (2×100 ml) and with water (100 ml). The ethyl acetate layer was dried and removal of the solvent afforded the crude product as a colorless glassy solid. This material was purified by column chromatography over silica gel, using 20% hexane in ethyl acetate as eluent, to obtain N,N-bis-[2-(acetyloxy)-1-[(acetyloxy)methyl]ethyl]-5-[2-[acetyloxy)methyl)-5-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl]-2,4,6-triiodo-1,3-benzenedicarboxamide as a colorless solid (9.4 g, 83.6% yield).

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