Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)-N-methoxy-N-methylacetamide

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Thionyl chloride (39.6 g) and a drop of dimethylformamide were added to a solution of benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-acetic acid (30.0 g) in toluene (200 ml) and then the mixture was stirred for 2.5 hours at 60° C., after distilling out the solvent, to yield unpurified benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-acetyl chloride. A solution of sodium hydroxide (20.0 g) in water (150 ml) was added to a solution of N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride (19.5 g) in toluene (200 ml) at 0° C., and further the unpurified benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-acetyl chloride was added thereto, and then the mixture was stirred for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was extracted with toluene and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and from which the solvent was evaporated to yield unpurified 2-benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-N-methoxy-N-methylacetoamide (35.4 g).

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