Pyridine → N-(2-oxononan-3-yl)acetamide

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A mixture of 2-amino-1-octanoic acid (I, 200 g, 1.26 mole) in acetic anhydride (960 ml), and pyridine (640 ml) was heated on a boiling water bath for 4 hr. The reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was partitioned 6-8 times between 5% aqueous solution of NaHCO3 (400 ml) and ether (400 ml). The combined ethereal extracts were dried with anhydrous MgSO4 and evaporated to dryness to give crude 3-acetamidononan-2-one, 154 g (70%).

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