Acetyl chloride → N-(5-fluoro-2-phenoxyphenyl)acetamide

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5-fluoro-2-phenoxyaniline 3 (5.14 g, 25 mmol) was dissolved in pyridine (15 mL) in a dry flask. At 0° C., acetyl chloride (2.3 mL, 33 mmol) was slowly added to the reaction, which was then refluxed for one hour, and subsequently, concentrated by vacuum. The residue was purified via column chromatography (silica gel) using CHCl3 as the eluent to give N-(5-fluoro-2-phenoxyphenyl)acetamide 4 as white solid (5.6 g, 90%): 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.29 (dd, J=10.5, 3.0 Hz, 1H), 7.74 (br s, 1H), 7.36 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.15 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.98 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 6.81 (2d, J=5.4, 5.1 Hz, 1H), 6.70 (2 dd, J1=J2=J3=J4=3 Hz, 1H), 2.17 (s, 3H). MS (GC) m/z 245(M., 100%)

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