Acetic Anhydride → 2-acetylamino-N-benzyl-3-difluoromethoxy-propionamide

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2-Amino-N-benzyl-3-difluoromethoxy-propionamide (195 mg, 0.80) was mixed with triethylamine (322 mg, 3.19 mmol) in THF (5 mL). Acetic anhydride (98.5 mg, 0.96 mmol) was then added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour. The mixture was then diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water. The organic layer was dried and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography using hexanes:ethyl acetate (50:50 to 0:100). The isolated product was triturated with diethyl ether to give 2-acetylamino-N-benzyl-3-difluoromethoxy-propionamide (135 mg, 59%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 7.33 (m, 5H), 6.68 (br, 1H), 6.37 (br, 1H), 6.24 (t, 1H), 4.72 (q, 1H), 4.87 (d, 2H), 4.23 (dd, 1H), 4.01 (dd, 1H), 2.05 (s, 3H).

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