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HRID 375179Generated: October 25, 2026

Acetic Anhydride → N-(hydroxymethyl)acetamide acetate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AnhydrideHCID 7918—
ReactantFormicinHCID 69365—
CatalystPyridineHCID 1049—
ProductN-(hydroxymethyl)acetamide acetateHCID 86745977900%

Reaction Steps

Acetic anhydride (25 g) and pyridine (10 drops) is added to N-(hydroxymethyl)acetamide (9 g, 0.1 mol). The reaction mixture is stirred overnight at room temperature, concentrated in vacuo and chased with xylene to give the title product as an oil (11.9 g, 0.9 mol) which is identified by 1HNMR spectral analysis.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05484807
Source datasetuspto-grants-1996_01
ORD IDord-452be2e369b949f39458cfbb65e5b732
Source noteuspto-grants-1996_01