Diethyl Ether → N-Methyl-4-nitro-N-phenylbenzamide

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To an ice bath cooled solution of N-methylaniline (536 mg) in dichloromethane (30 ml) were added triethylamine (0.837 ml) and p-nitrobenzoyl chloride (982 mg) and the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 hours. The solution was washed successively in 1N hydrogen chloride, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and brine, and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo to give an oil and the oil was solidified with diethyl ether to give N-methyl-N-(4-nitrobenzoyl)aniline (1.11 g) as a pale yellow solid.

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