Isatoic Anhydride → (2-Aminophenyl)(pyrrolidin-1-yl)methanone

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Reaction Steps

17.5 g isatoic anhydride and 2.66 g 4-dimethylaminopyridine are combined in 500 ml tetrahydrofuran. 9.32 g of pyrrolidine is added and the mixture is heated at reflux overnight. The mixture is concentrated in vacuo, the residue taken into ethyl acetate and the organic solution washed with citric acid solution, water and brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solution is filtered, evaporated and the residue triturated in ether/hexane (1:5) to give N-(2-aminobenzoyl)pyrrolidine, m.p. 79°-81° C.

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