Tetrahydrofuran → 2-Ethyl-N-(furan-2-yl)butanamide

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The tert-butylcarbamate from Example 1 (27.5 g, 0.15 mole) was dissolved in dry tetrahydrofuran (75 ml) and added dropwise at 0°-5° C. to a suspension of sodium hydride (50% oil dispersion, 7.2 g, ≡0.15 mole) in dry tetrahydrofuran (75 ml). When gassing was complete, the mixture was cooled to -10° C. and diethylacetylchloride (20 g, 0.15 mole) in dry tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) added dropwise. The temperature was allowed to come to room temperature over a period of 11/4 hours and the light brown solution poured onto ice/water. After extraction at pH 7 with dichloromethane, the organic solvent phase was evaporated (rotary) to give a light brown oil which was dissolved in methyl ethyl ketone (150 ml) and gently refluxed, on a steam bath, with anhydrous lithium iodide (20 g, 0.15 mole) for 21/2-3 hours. The brown solution was evaporated (rotary) to remove methyl ethyl ketone, then poured into water and extracted with benzene at pH 2. The benzene extract was washed successively with saturated potassium bicarbonate solution, then water and evaporated (rotary) to give a light brown crystalline solid which was recrystallised from benzene/petroleum ether 60/80° C. to yield 2-(2'-ethylbutanamido)furan (19.6 g) m.p. 100° C.

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