Oxalyl chloride → 1-Methoxy-2-naphthoyl chloride

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Oxalyl chloride (118 μL, 1.35 mmol) was added dropwise to a partial solution of 1-methoxy-2-naphthoic acid (3-A) (210 mg, 1.04 mmol) in methylene chloride (2.0 mL). The mixture bubbled for several min and then cleared. After stirring for 3 h at room temperature, the mixture was evaporated in vacuo to give 1-methoxy-2-naphthoyl chloride (3-B). Methylene chloride (5.0 mL) was added followed by methylamine hydrochloride (330 mg, 5.05 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (441 μL, 2.53 mmol) and the resulting mixture stirred at room temperature 18 h. Methylene chloride was added and the mixture washed with water, 1N HCl, 10% NaHCO3, brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo to provide 1-methoxy-N-methyl-2-naphthamide (3-C).

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