Water → N,N-Diethyl-3-formylbenzamide

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To a solution of 3-carboxybenzaldehyde (5.0 g, 33.3 mmol) in 50 mL of tetrahydrofuran was added carbonyl diimidazole (5.67 g, 35.0 mmol) under Argon. After 1 h of stirring, diethylamine (4.87 g, 66.7 mmol) was added, and the reaction mixture was stirred for 18 h and then refluxed one hour. After cooling, water (50 mL) was added to the reaction flask, and the contents were concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The resulting mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane (50 mL). These extracts were combined, washed twice with 1 N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution (50 mL) and twice with water (50 mL), dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated to give a yellow oil. This material was purified on flash silica gel (1% methanol-chloroform to 3% methanol-chloroform) to provide 4.68 g (68% yield) of N,N-diethyl(3-formyl)benzamide as a light green oil. MS (ES), m/z 206 (MH+). 300 MHz 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ1.13 (br s, 3H), 1.27 (br s, 3H), 3.26 (br d, J=5.5 Hz, 2H), 3.58 (br d, J=5.5 Hz, 2H), 7.60 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.65 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.87-7.96 (m, 2H), 10.04 (s, 1H).

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