Triethylamine → (E)-N-(2-azidoethyl)-2-methyl-3-phenylacrylamide

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To a 25 mL round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar was added (E)-2-methyl-3-phenylacrylic acid (0.0.512 g, 3.15 mmol) and dichloromethane (10 mL). Oxalyl chloride (0.400 g, 3.15 mmol) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture and allowed to stir for one hour. Then, the reaction mixture was concentrated de vacuo. To the crude mixture was then added dichloromethane (10 mL), 2-azidoethanamine (0.299 g, 3.47 mmol) and then triethylamine (0.351 g, 3.47 mmol) and allowed to stir for two hours. The reaction mixture was then concentrated de vacuo and then purified via silica gel column chromatography (100% dichloromethane to 1:40 methanol:dichloromethane) to give (E)-N-(2-azidoethyl)-2-methyl-3-phenylacrylamide (0.698 g, 96% yield). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.39 (m, 6H), δ 7.01 (s, 1H), δ 3.51 (t, 2H), δ 3.45 (t, 2H), δ 2.13 (s, 3H) ppm; 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3) δ 170.5, 136.2, 134.5, 132.0, 130.3, 129.6, 128.9, 128.6, 128.3, 50.9, 39.8, 14.5 ppm; HRMS (ESI) calcd for C12H14N4O (M+) 230.1168, found 230.1165.

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