Acetyl chloride → Tert-butyl 3-acetamidobenzylcarbamate

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To a stirred solution of tert-butyl 3-aminobenzylcarbamate (Hah, Jung-Mi; Martasek, Pavel; Roman, Linda J.; Silverman, Richard B.; J. Med. Chem.; 2003, 46, 1661-1669) (287 mg, 1.29 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (10 mL) at 0° C. was added Et3N (0.27 mL, 2.0 mmol) and acetyl chloride (0.10 mL, 1.4 mmol) and the resulting solution was warmed up to room temperature slowly. After further stirring of 4 h, the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×20 mL). The combined organic layer was washed with H2O, brine, dried with Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue oil was purified by column chromatography (60% EtOAc in hexanes) to provide tert-butyl 3-acetamidobenzylcarbamate (123.1 mg, 36%). N-(3-(aminomethyl)phenyl)acetamide was then generated by removal of the Boc protecting group by treatment with HCl (in methanol or dioxane) or trifluoroacetic acid in dichloromethane.

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