Ammonium Hydroxide → HCID 21250949, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a stirred mixture of α-phthalimidophenylacetic acid (2.50 g, 8.89 mmoL) in tetrahydrofuran (50 mL) is added carbonyldiimidazole (1.50 g, 9.25 mmoL) and a few crystals of 4-dimethylaminopyridine. The reaction is then heated to 50° C. for 45 minutes. After the reaction mixture cools to room temperature, 1 mL of concentrated ammonium hydroxide is added via syringe. The reaction is stirred for 1 hour, then diluted with 50 mL of water and partially concentrated to remove the majority of the tetrahydrofuran. The resulting slurry is filtered and the solid washed with copious amounts of water. The solid is dried in vacuo (60° C., <1 mm) to afford 1.9 g (76%) of α-phthalimidophenylacetamide, which may be alternatively named as N-phthaloylphenylglycinamide, as an off-white powder: mp 218°-220° C.; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ9.00-7.75 (m, 4H, Ar), 7.61 (br s, 1H, CONH2), 7.55-7.20 (m, 6H, Ar, CONH2), 5.82 (s, 1H, CHCO2); 13C NMR (DMSO-d6) δ168.2, 167.1, 135.6, 134.5, 131.4, 129.4, 127.9, 127.7, 123.1, 56.3. Anal (C16H12N2O3), C, H, N.

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