Acetyl chloride → N-(2-tert-butylphenyl)acetamide

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Reaction Steps

A solution of 2-tert-butylaniline (2.0 g, 2.1 mL, 13.4 mmol) and TEA (2.8 mL, 20.1 mmol) in DCM (100 mL) was cooled to 0° C. Acetyl chloride (1.0 mL, 14.7 mmol) was added dropwise. The resulting solution was allowed to stir and warm to rt over 2 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and DCM. The organic phase was washed with 1N HCl and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to give the title compound as a white solid (2.73 g, >100%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 7.51-7.53 (m, 1H), 7.39-7.41 (m, 1H), 7.14-7.24 (m, 2H), 2.21 (s, 2.2H), 1.92 (s, 0.9H), and 1.41 (s, 9H).

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