Acetic Anhydride → N-(1-(3,5-difluoropyridin-2-yl)vinyl)acetamide

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To a mixture of (Z)-1-(3,5-difluoropyridin-2-yl)ethanone oxime (Method 54, 12.5 g, 72.6 mmol), acetic anhydride (54.8 ml, 581 mmol), and iron powder (32.4 g, 581 mmol) in DMF (100 ml) was added TMSCl (0.01 ml, 0.073 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours, then diluted with ether (300 ml) and filtered through a short pad of celite. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was partitioned between 200 ml of EtOAc and 50 ml of saturated sodium bicarbonate. The organic layer was separated and dried over sodium sulfate. After removal of solvent, the resulted residue was purified by column chromatography (hexane-EtOAc=2:1) to give the title compound as a white solid (2.70 g, 19%). 1H NMR (400 MHz) δ 9.55 (s, 1H), 8.51 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.97 (m, 1H), 5.87 (s, 1H), 5.14 (s, 1H), 1.99 (s, 3H). MS: Calcd.: 198. Found: [M+H]+ 199.

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