Ammonia → 4-Ethynyl-3-nitrobenzamide

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Reaction Steps

7.3 g (0.036 mol) Methyl 4-ethynyl-3-nitrobenzoate (Compound II-1), 300 ml methanol and 200 ml tetrahydrofuran were added into a reaction flask, stirred, and ammonia gas was passed through for 1 hour. Then the mixture was reacted at room temperature for 24 hours. After completion of the reaction monitored by TLC, the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure with most of the tetrahydrofuran and methanol evaporated, then extracted with 300 ml ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water for three times, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated to dryness, and separated by column chromatography to obtain 4-ethynyl-3-nitrobenzamide (compound I-1), 3.6 g (0.0019 mol), yield 53.2%.

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