Triethylamine → 2-Chloro-N-methoxy-N,3-dimethylbenzamide

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To a cooled mixture of 2-chloro-3-methyl-benzoic acid (1 g, 5.88 mmol), N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine (860 mg, 8.82 mmol) and Et3N (3.27 mL, 23.52 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (10 mL) was added 1-propane phosphonic acid cyclic anhydride (4.49 mL, 7.05 mmol; 50 wt % solution in EtOAc) dropwise and stirred at room temperature for 3 h. The reaction mixture was filtered, washed with CH2Cl2 (2×10 mL), evaporated to dryness and subjected to column chromatography (SiO2, 40% EtOAc-hexanes) to obtain 2-chloro-N-methoxy-3,N-dimethyl-benzamide (1.19 g) in 95% yield. ESMS m/z (relative intensity): 214 (M+H)+ (100).

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