Water → 2-Chloro-N-(4-tert-butylphenylmethyl)-acetamide

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To a suspension of commercially available 4-tert-butylbenzylamine (8.16 g, 50 mmol) and potassium carbonate (7.95 g, 57.5 mmol) in dichloromethane (100 ml) was added drop wise a solution of 2-chloroacetyl chloride (6.21 g, 55 mmol) in dichloromethane (25 ml) at room temperature. After stirring the reaction mixture at room temperature for 30 min, the reaction mixture was refluxed for 4 h. The reaction mixture was cooled and water (100 ml) was added. The phases were separated and the organic phase was dried over MgSO4 and evaporated in vacuo. The title compound was obtained as a white crystalline material which was used in the next step without any further purification.

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