Hydrochloric Acid → Maleimide, N-(p-chlorophenyl)-

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In Analogy to the procedure given in Mhaske et al., Synthesis, 2003, p863-870: A solution of 65 g (288 mmol) of (Z)-3-(4-chloro-phenylcarbamoyl)-acrylic acid in 300 ml of benzene was treated with 41.2 g (302 mmol) of zinc dichloride, dropwise with 90.1 ml (432 mmol) of bis(trimethylsilyl)amine and refluxed during 5 hrs. The mixture was poured into 300 ml of aqueous HCl (0.5 M). The aqueous phase was extracted with AcOEt, the combined organic phases were washed successively with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 and brine, and finally dried over Na2SO4. Evaporation of the solvent gave 58 g (97%) of the title compound. Brown amorphous solid. MS: 208 (M+H)+.

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