Triethylamine → (E)-N-methoxy-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methylbut-3-enamide

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To the mixture of carboxylic acid (557) (5.7 g, 29.5 mmol) in DMF (150 mL) was added 0-(Benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroborate (9.5 g, 29.5 mol). After stifling for 5 minutes, N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine. HCl (2.9 g, 29.5 mmol) was added, followed by Et3N (8.2 mL, 58.9 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours, diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed with water, brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (40% EtOAc in hexanes) to provide (E)-N-methoxy-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-methylbut-3-enamide (558) (2.1 g, 29.6%) as a yellow solid.

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