2-Methoxy-4-nitroaniline → N-(2-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)benzamide

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A mixture of 2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline (2.23 g, 13.3 mmol), triethylamine (2.00 ml, 14.6 mmol) and benzoyl chloride (1.70 ml, 14.6 mmol) were stirred in toluene (50 ml) for 24 hours under an inert atmosphere at ambient temperature. The solid was collected by suction filtration and washed with toluene (3×50 ml) and diethyl ether (50 ml). Purification of the crude product by flash chromatography on silica gel, eluting with dichloromethane, yielded N-benzoyl 2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline (2.79 g, 77% yield) as a white solid:

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