Dimethylformamide → 4-cyano-2-fluoro-N-methylbenzamide

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4-cyano-2-fluorobenzoic acid (1.20 g), HOBt (1.47 g), WSC•monohydrochloride (2.10 g) and DMF (20 ml) were mixed with one another and stirred for 30 minutes. 2M methylamine-THF solution (11 ml) was added thereto, followed by stirring for 30 minutes. Water was added to the reaction solution, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and then saturated brine in this order, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform:methanol=100:1). The resulting solid was washed with n-hexane, to obtain 4-cyano-2-fluoro-N-methylbenzamide (1.03 g) as a white solid.

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